Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "China: Mysterious exit bans spook international business travelers | DW News" video.

  1. China isn't helping itself. I noticed things getting more inconvenient if not hostile towards people traveling with foreign passports on the Mainland.
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  2. China has "rules" but they're deliberately vague and unevenly enforced. Business are realizing that there is really no way to "stay within the rules", and the best way to maintain profits longer term is to divest out of China.
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  3. It's own people, discontented from stalled prosperity and a buildup of annoyances and abuses from the ruling Party.
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  4. No, we don't force Chinese ventures to be controlled by a Western firm, taking their trade secrets while blocking the free flow of their funds in and out of the country along the way.
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  5. The ones in China are intrusively obvious though. Other places make you make it more clear that you're searching for cameras when doing so.
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  6. They learned not to stopover in the Western Hemisphere, because wanted officials can then get arrested. Remember Meng only got released after admitting guilt and providing evidence of their dealings with Iran that got her caught in the first place.
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  7. If they were questioning him for so long, there's likely evidence that he was participating in some form of low key espionage.
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  8. For now. But if detained you're just a case number to the consulate, because Chinese authorities could prevent you from contacting American officials (and they often do) and there's nothing the diplomats can do but protest and move on.
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