Thank you @mobbs, for your courage in writing this post. I can only imagine what you face, in the way of consequences, if this post was ever connected with you as a person, rather than you as an account on our Hive blockchain.
It has long been my thought, although I have never been (nor is it likely I ever will) to China, that amongst so many people there must be some good ones. Meaning, IMHO, that they have not "bowed the knee" to the tyrannical evil of the authoritarian form of governance under which they must try to live.
Sadly, here in my beloved America, I see far too many indicators of how effectively China is influencing our politics for the worse, i.e. in the direction of becoming more like them. Rather than the opposite ...
I hope you and your loved ones are able to successfully overcome this current challenge to your survival. Ideally, it will "wake up" sufficient numbers of your people to effect meaningful change at the top!
As a foreigner, the main risk I think is once I leave China, if i tried to enter I might get my visa rejected if anybody picks up on them.
That used to be totally fine with me, as I never planned on coming back! But now I'm committed to a relationship, it's a little harder... Just need to be careful I don't go too viral! But honestly I think they have bigger things to worry about right now than me heh.
And yes we've noticed how, bizarrely, the US and EU etc keep justifying China's approach to things and even copying them outright, such as the concept of lockdowns which, as we probably know, had been scientifically broken down for years as an ineffective, useless method of control in this exact scenario. But y'all saw China do it and followed suit anyway. Shame...
Okay, not familiar with your account, so I was not aware of that. Do you have an intro post about your country of origin?
While I cannot speak for the EU (although I suspect it is in the "same boat"), ...
... I have read about the extensive amount of corruption linked to the Chinese here in America.
We need a massive "cleansing" to take place. And the political courage and will to do whatever it takes to see it through to completion, i.e. those found guilty need to be in prison ...
As bad as it is to see the mess Ukraine is in, I believe the Chinese are a far more dangerous adversary than Russia ...