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It well may be the safest country in Europe, provided you shut your mouth instead of talking much about important matters.

riehwvfbk 2y ago
Talking about matters that are important to the powers that be is always unsafe, unless you vehemently agree with them. You are only safe in the West if the government considers you a clown that nobody will pay attention to. Someone like Julian Assange they will do their darndest to destroy.
rvnx 2y ago
It's like China, respect the local politics and it's an amazing place to travel. Much safer than let's say France.
- bobthepanda 2y ago
  With China, that might not be true given the recent unprompted stabbings of foreigners. US professors on an exchange program: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna156485 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna156485 A schoolbus of Japanese children: https://www.ft.com/content/954dd160-3102-477f-b816-1a1769f0a628 https://www.ft.com/content/954dd160-3102-477f-b816-1a1769f0a...
  - imp0cat 2y ago
    In China, everyone can tell you are a foreigner because of the ethnical/racial differencies.
  - ClumsyPilot 2y ago
    These seem like isolated freak events in a big country, a bit like saying USA is dangerous because of school shoitings
    - bobthepanda 2y ago
      It’s hardly a secret that the Chinese government stokes nationalist sentiment as a useful way to get legitimacy and distract from domestic issues. The problem with doing this is that you start flirting with the possibility of violence. This isn’t even the first time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_anti-Japanese_demonstrations_in_China?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_anti-Japanese_demonstrati... And the government is well aware of the dangers given that the opinions that they need to rein it in come from the same state media that promotes nationalist sentiment. Xi’s China in particular is far more nationalist than its predecessors.

riehwvfbk 2y ago

Talking about matters that are important to the powers that be is always unsafe, unless you vehemently agree with them. You are only safe in the West if the government considers you a clown that nobody will pay attention to. Someone like Julian Assange they will do their darndest to destroy.

rvnx 2y ago

It's like China, respect the local politics and it's an amazing place to travel. Much safer than let's say France.

bobthepanda 2y ago
With China, that might not be true given the recent unprompted stabbings of foreigners. US professors on an exchange program: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna156485 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna156485 A schoolbus of Japanese children: https://www.ft.com/content/954dd160-3102-477f-b816-1a1769f0a628 https://www.ft.com/content/954dd160-3102-477f-b816-1a1769f0a...
- imp0cat 2y ago
  In China, everyone can tell you are a foreigner because of the ethnical/racial differencies.
- ClumsyPilot 2y ago
  These seem like isolated freak events in a big country, a bit like saying USA is dangerous because of school shoitings
  - bobthepanda 2y ago
    It’s hardly a secret that the Chinese government stokes nationalist sentiment as a useful way to get legitimacy and distract from domestic issues. The problem with doing this is that you start flirting with the possibility of violence. This isn’t even the first time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_anti-Japanese_demonstrations_in_China?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_anti-Japanese_demonstrati... And the government is well aware of the dangers given that the opinions that they need to rein it in come from the same state media that promotes nationalist sentiment. Xi’s China in particular is far more nationalist than its predecessors.