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Re:China offers 10-year visas to 'high end talent' by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday January 05, 2018 @08:41AM (#16078454)
We probably hear mostly about the sensationally negative things the most because they drive clicks.

The same could be said about all the negative news coming out of the US. Why would anyone want to move there? And yet they do, and many thrive.

I'm sure China is thriving, despite its problems.

Re:China offers 10-year visas to 'high end talent' by westiseast on Friday January 05, 2018 @08:52AM (#16078515)
The problem is best illustrated with things like road deaths.

If you look at road deaths for China, it’s something like 20 per 100k people per year vs maybe 2-3 in the UK.

What that means is, statistically China is 8-10 times “worse” than the UK.

Does it mean you’re going to be seeing car crashes everywhere all the time? No.

Does it mean China’s road safety is much worse? Yes.

Things are much worse in China in a variety of meaningful respects. Does that mean it’s impossible to live there? Not at all.

Re:China offers 10-year visas to 'high end talent' by sh4z on Friday January 05, 2018 @09:20AM (#16078686)
If we instead go onto crime;

If you look at violent crime we have 6 times more robberies, 4 times more murders and 18 times more gun crime in the USA compare to China (per capita)

Does it mean you're going to be seeing people getting shot everywhere all the time? No.

Does it mean general safety in the US is much worse? Yes.

Things are much worse in USA in a variety of meaningful respects. Does that mean it's impossible to live there? Not at all. Well, if you can stand having Trump as the president of the country you live in.

Re:China offers 10-year visas to 'high end talent' by seanmcdirmid on Friday January 05, 2018 @09:54AM (#16078897)
General safety is worse in china if you include traffic accidents. Crime safety is better in china.

You are unlikely to be affected in any case. Though I did know of stupid foreigners who became crippled after stupidity on motor scooters.