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by wahisurf 543 days ago
> One recent student I talked to said that they understand they don't have freedoms here, but they're willing to take the tradeoff in favor of safety

Recently there has been a string of mass vehicular/knife murders in China, some speculate due to the worsening economy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-28/china-zhuhai-car-ramm... https://english.news.cn/20240727/7d5035a8b0b647f08b7a81df10b.... It has spooked the citizens of China, even Xi Jing Ping has commented on it. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dxz1vzdyzo

> One VC half-jokingly asked if I could help him get his money out of China.

Even Goldman Sachs has a hard time getting money out of China https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3287199/goldman-sachs-...

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one of the ways bitcoin got so big was people getting their money out of China.