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> China doesn't exercise much power to lock up someone, or to disempower someone, at least so long as you don't visit China. I am not certain that is necessar

> China doesn't exercise much power to lock up someone, or to disempower someone, at least so long as you don't visit China. I am not certain that is necessarily true. At least, not if one is originally from China. https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/trnsprnc/brfng-mtrls/prlmntry-bndrs/20240719/43-en.aspx https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/trnsprnc/brfng-mtrls/prlm...

lmz 1y ago
Telling someone their family is going to get it if they keep doing what they do is quite some distance away from... straight up bombing them.
- pessimizer 1y ago
  And anybody who happens to be nearby.
- corimaith 1y ago
  And you think China won't bomb foreign adversaries if they can? Or any country for that matter. The answer is don't place yourself in the crosshairs of great powers in the first place, which then puts into the degree you can align yourself with their interests.
- hirvi74 1y ago
  I am not sure I am following you. Who are you implying are the bombers and during what time period? As for China not bombing anyone, while true, I believe it's merely a matter of time. While I hope I am wrong, Taiwan seems awfully worried to be located about 80 miles away from their peaceful and loving neighbor for some reason.
pessimizer 1y ago
It's also important to keep in mind that China has less than a quarter of the per capita prison population as the US. If you're talking about who's a police state, the US and China just aren't in the same universe. Or from another direction, China has 4x the population of the US, and still has fewer people in prison.
- corimaith 1y ago
  That's more on an indictment of multiculturalism as opposed to cultural homogenization though, which I imagine many here would furiously oppose the latter.
- hirvi74 1y ago
  1. That is under the assumption that the Chinese government is releasing accurate data. I assume international entities are not granted access to Chinese prison facilities directly, but I could be wrong. 2. There are 'alternative' ways of dealing with suspects and criminals other than prison sentences. And on that note, if China has a lower per capita prison population than the US, then it makes China having the highest rate of capital punishments even worse.

lmz 1y ago

Telling someone their family is going to get it if they keep doing what they do is quite some distance away from... straight up bombing them.

pessimizer 1y ago
And anybody who happens to be nearby.
corimaith 1y ago
And you think China won't bomb foreign adversaries if they can? Or any country for that matter. The answer is don't place yourself in the crosshairs of great powers in the first place, which then puts into the degree you can align yourself with their interests.
hirvi74 1y ago
I am not sure I am following you. Who are you implying are the bombers and during what time period? As for China not bombing anyone, while true, I believe it's merely a matter of time. While I hope I am wrong, Taiwan seems awfully worried to be located about 80 miles away from their peaceful and loving neighbor for some reason.

pessimizer 1y ago

It's also important to keep in mind that China has less than a quarter of the per capita prison population as the US. If you're talking about who's a police state, the US and China just aren't in the same universe. Or from another direction, China has 4x the population of the US, and still has fewer people in prison.

corimaith 1y ago
That's more on an indictment of multiculturalism as opposed to cultural homogenization though, which I imagine many here would furiously oppose the latter.
hirvi74 1y ago
1. That is under the assumption that the Chinese government is releasing accurate data. I assume international entities are not granted access to Chinese prison facilities directly, but I could be wrong. 2. There are 'alternative' ways of dealing with suspects and criminals other than prison sentences. And on that note, if China has a lower per capita prison population than the US, then it makes China having the highest rate of capital punishments even worse.