[leonidasrup]

China uses “non-traditional collectors”

https://www.economist.com/china/2024/12/26/how-china-turns-m...

"Despite being one of the most populous countries in the world (1.4 billion), second only to India, China has an exceptionally low percentage of foreign nationals, at only 0.05%, as of 2023"

https://directhr.cn/pdf/Direct%20HR%20-%20Hello%20China%20or...

[ekm2]

It is because it is populous that it does not have space for foreigners?

[leonidasrup]

The population density of China is about the same as United Arab Emirates, Kosovo, Indonesia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen...

In absolute numbers India is more populous than China and yet has 10x foreigners.