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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by rvnx on Thursday July 18, 2024 @07:29PM (#41000720)
It's like China, respect the local politics and it's an amazing place to travel.

Much safer than let's say France.

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by bobthepanda on Thursday July 18, 2024 @10:48PM (#41001687)
With China, that might not be true given the recent unprompted stabbings of foreigners.

US professors on an exchange program: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna156485

A schoolbus of Japanese children: https://www.ft.com/content/954dd160-3102-477f-b816-1a1769f0a...

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by imp0cat on Friday July 19, 2024 @01:18AM (#41002169)
In China, everyone can tell you are a foreigner because of the ethnical/racial differencies.
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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by ClumsyPilot on Friday July 19, 2024 @03:34AM (#41002920)
These seem like isolated freak events in a big country, a bit like saying USA is dangerous because of school shoitings
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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by bobthepanda on Saturday July 20, 2024 @04:22PM (#41019488)
It’s hardly a secret that the Chinese government stokes nationalist sentiment as a useful way to get legitimacy and distract from domestic issues. The problem with doing this is that you start flirting with the possibility of violence.

This isn’t even the first time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_anti-Japanese_demonstrati...

And the government is well aware of the dangers given that the opinions that they need to rein it in come from the same state media that promotes nationalist sentiment. Xi’s China in particular is far more nationalist than its predecessors.

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