• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Things are bad when I consider being kidnapped by the Chinese government as less likely than the US.

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    1 year ago

    I would much rather go to China than the USA right now.

    China wouldn’t search my phone at the border and China wouldnt arrest me for opinionated social posts I had previously made.

    This backwards world we live in.

  • Binturong@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    So they’re really gonna write up that whole article and NOT include the actual list, huh? Embarrassing.

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    1 year ago

    For countries not on the list, a transit policy allows eligible citizens to enter for 10 days if they depart for a different country they arrived from.

    Cool cool cool… Why?

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      1 year ago

      More flexibility on flight stopovers in China. If you are going somewhere else, China would probably like for you to spend some of your money in a Chinese city. I’m guessing 10 days is the duration because flights occasionally get canceled or delayed. A lot more people would need to apply to extend their visas on stopovers if it was only like 3 days.

      Edit: spelling

      • JackLSauce@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I can kinda understand that but I’ve taken week-long overseas vacations so giving border control extra work verifying a visitor isn’t returning home “too fast” seems counter-productive