230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establish Extraterritoriality

Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by Kognito on Saturday October 01, 2022 @08:13PM (#33051407)

There was a similar situation during the pandemic in the UK, I know of individuals whose parents in the PRC were contacted by the authorities to “encourage” their kids studying abroad to stay abroad, lest they risk bringing covid back home.

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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by bigcat12345678 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:56AM (#33054812)

This seems a normal reaction

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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by phpisthebest on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:04AM (#33055181)

I would say it was a common reaction, but it should not be considered "normal"

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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by anony999 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:30AM (#33055342)

Traveling during a pandemic is not normal so I find the advice not to travel back home during a pandemic is totally normal. Doing otherwise puts everyone at risk (the traveler, people who he/she interacts with during the journey and the host/home country)

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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by phpisthebest on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:30AM (#33055721)

I am equally sure you probably support lock-downs, mandatory vaccination, mandatory masking, and all manner of other Draconian actions

Where me and others did not, I did not find these things to be "normal" either.

It all depends on where you place the freedom vs safety metric, I place on the far extreme end of freedom. Which is also why I oppose governments like China in general

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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by nl on Sunday October 02, 2022 @07:13AM (#33054891)

That's the opposite of the problem called out in this article.

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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by JCharante on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:56PM (#33061252)

My university in the US did the same. They encouraged students to stay put during winter break. Are they evil now?

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