China simply isn't a police state. More to the point, it is authoritarian, but you also have things like prostitution going on in broad day light. The central

China simply isn't a police state. More to the point, it is authoritarian, but you also have things like prostitution going on in broad day light. The central and local governments have a very focused attention span, and if what bad thing you are doing is outside of that, they probably won't notice. Just don't sell/buy drugs, or get into fights when drunk.