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Do they really take Western hostages often? What are the chances as a European nobody of being dragged into a Chinese jail?
by ghuin 5y ago
Do they really take Western hostages often? What are the chances as a European nobody of being dragged into a Chinese jail?
- redis_mlc 5y agoIt's basically certain if you try to operate a drone, or post to social media, or if you visit Xianjing, or if you visit a small village and the cops report your visit, or if you have more than a couple memory cards for your camera, or if a local wants to bump their social credit score, or if you ever worked as an English teacher. Think visiting Nazi Germany in 1944, but in 2021.
- Barrin92 5y agodepending on the source the number of foreigners imprisoned in China over the last ten years seems to be about a few dozen to 200. About two million Europeans travel to China per year so very low. I'm German and have spent several months at a time in China over the last ten years. If you're just a random guy it's completely fine. Contrary to the other reply, posting on social media or teaching English doesn't land you in prison, and China isn't like Nazi Germany.