> One recent student I talked to said that they understand they don't have freedoms here, but they're willing to take the tradeoff in favor of safety Recently

> One recent student I talked to said that they understand they don't have freedoms here, but they're willing to take the tradeoff in favor of safety Recently there has been a string of mass vehicular/knife murders in China, some speculate due to the worsening economy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-28/china-zhuhai-car-ramming-attack-driver-death-sentence/104767078 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-28/china-zhuhai-car-ramm... https://english.news.cn/20240727/7d5035a8b0b647f08b7a81df10b634ad/c.html https://english.news.cn/20240727/7d5035a8b0b647f08b7a81df10b.... It has spooked the citizens of China, even Xi Jing Ping has commented on it. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dxz1vzdyzo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dxz1vzdyzo > One VC half-jokingly asked if I could help him get his money out of China. Even Goldman Sachs has a hard time getting money out of China https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3287199/goldman-sachs-david-solomon-says-it-too-difficult-get-capital-out-china https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3287199/goldman-sachs-...