News Forum - China increasingly barring people from leaving the country amid claims of openness

[Thaiger]

China is increasingly preventing individuals, including foreign executives, from leaving the country, sending a conflicting message as authorities claim the nation is open for business following three years of stringent COVID-19 restrictions. According to a recent report by the rights group Safeguard Defenders, numerous Chinese and foreigners have been caught up in exit bans, while …

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[Poolie]

Correction: China banned some people from leaving up to 2019................they were fortunate to get in, who knows, they might be prone to being naked Brits in an agogo, smacking people with bottles.

[Rookiescot]

13 minutes ago, Poolie said:

Correction: China banned some people from leaving up to 2019................they were fortunate to get in, who knows, they might be prone to being naked Brits in an agogo, smacking people with bottles.

Did you read the article? I don't think you did.

Does China ban people from leaving based on what has happened in Thailand?

[EdwardV]

7 hours ago, Thaiger said:

China is increasingly preventing individuals, including foreign executives, from leaving the country, sending a conflicting message as authorities claim the nation is open for business following three years of stringent COVID-19 restrictions.

I don't think it's quite as conflicting a message as others would hope: 

Chinese financial data provider Wind Information Co has blocked some offshore users from accessing certain business and economic data, people with knowledge of the matter said, fuelling concern about information access in the world's second-largest economy.

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/2438424-chinese-data-provider-tightens-some-information-access-for-offshore-users-sources

When taken with other stories about foreign (and domestic!) companies leaving by the droves, it's pretty clear Pooh is valuing political stability over business and business be damned. Nothing wrong with that, it's their choice. However, it does mean business as before is never coming back. Truth be told it was never going to be anyway, demographics alone was going to make sure of that. China as manufacturer to the world is slowly winding down. 

[Vigo]

This is no big secret. China was doing this for years. Anytime they wanted to pressure someone or a country they came up with charges to detain the person. The question now is whether the employers and foreign governments have reached the tipping point where the blackmail and bullying outweighs the potential for "profit". Western countries are sabotaged by their own greedy nationals who don't care about the plight of their nationals in China. It is ridiculous that countries like Canada still facilitate  passports of convenience to Chinese nationals or allow the sale of homes to them, only to have the homes sit  vacant. US, EU, Australia, Canada universities chase after Chinese students dropping to their knees to beg for business all the while denying their own nationals access to the university. The universities are repaid with the theft of intellectual property.