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by awsedr58479 7y ago
The same as mentioned in the article: Irkeshtam (kashgar -> Kyrgyzstan). Yes mainly tourism, but also to see from my own eyes what's happening in Xinjiang, and the situation at the time wasn't great at all and very close to wha
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by awsedr58479 7y ago
The apps runs for about a couple of minutes. The only way it can be sending data is over WiFi (I've seen it running on a friend's phone who didn't create a second user). The phone had gigs of data. So it might be collecting s
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by awsedr58479 7y ago
Disclaimer: using a throwaway for the matter. I've crossed this border before, and I did get my phone checked. A few additional facts: - 1-2 years ago, they were only taking the phone away while crossing the border TO China. If exiting
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by awsedr58479 8y ago
16% VAT isn't that high to my knowledge. As seen in other comments, middle classes are the one who will likely pay the most. Lots of "legit" companies/workers are paying income taxes; they represent the 2%.
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by awsedr58479 8y ago
1- and this is precisely my point. If they start enforcing it, it would kill the smaller businesses in the current situation - and probably put thousands (millions?) of people in the street.
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by awsedr58479 8y ago
I have a few guesses here. Firstly because the CCP is quite old Mao-style structure, old and bureaucratic. Lots of "regulations", little actions. Other guesses like it's being setup, they're trying to avoid mass reaction
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by awsedr58479 8y ago
Disclosure: using a throwaway giving the sensitive nature of the topic I've always found very curious to not hear more about taxes in China. It is a mystery to probably no one who have spent a certain amount of time in China that a ver