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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The Chinese government has been acting to restrict travel outside the country by ordering some teachers, civil servants and executives of state-owned enterprises to hand in their passports.

...and...

Hong said the CCP is also worried that as people's confidence in the economy slows, they will become less loyal to Xi's regime and China’s system, and that personnel and capital will flee the country.

Won't this action by the CCP actually accelerate the rate at which people leave? If they currently have a passport and are seeing people they know get their passports seized, those still with passports might choose to leave now while they still can even if they hadn't considered it before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You'd think, but maybe not. One thing that China does is it's really strict on not letting people bring money out of the country. I have friends that have money back home that they can't get out of the country.

The main reason for that is that when the gov't opens that up, billions start flowing out of the country really fast. So, if you leave, you're leaving your money behind.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You're referring to capital controls, and yes, China has strict controls on how much money you can move out of the country. I'm referring to people themselves. If you have a valid passport right now, you can still get yourself out legally. Most of your money may have to stay behind, but that could be worth it for many situations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

The problem is: People know if they leave, their money will probably be taken.

They're gambling with their lives, but that's a fair gamble for the stakes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Also, this is an account that's 1 day old with 64 posts on news articles and doesn't appear to be marked as a bot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

I would like to point out that while the account is not marked as a bot, it IS marked as a Dot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 25 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm not familiar with that term. What does that mean?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 minutes ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago)

Check OP's username ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

So.... What are you looking for here exactly?

Also where did you bring that number from, I do not post only in this community?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, you're a person. My bad. I thought with so many posts in such a short time that it was a bot.

Edit: it's not a big deal. There's a setting to mark an account as a bot. So I was more looking for that.

Edit 2. Here's where I got the number from

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

No problem brother.

I just want to contribute here, as Lemmy does not seem active.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

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