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Originally Posted by jyl
I realize that many countries restrict private gun ownership far more than the US; we are unique in our gun culture.
But communist countries, and otherwise authoritarian countries, are especially restrictive - when your government depends on repressing the citizens, preventing them from having guns is a fundamental principle.
SoI thought it odd that you'd welcome living in such a society.
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I don't consider Chinese people to be repressed at all. Plenty of them move away and then move back to China. In real communist countries people defected and never went back until the gov't. changed. No one ever left N. Korea or E. Germany and then decided to go back. People do it in China all the time and the Chinese gov't. is fine with it. There are no travel restrictions imposed by the Chinese gov't. on their people going to other countries (though, ironically, there is for going to Hong Kong).
Sure, there are certain groups in China the gov't. has a hard-on for. If you're part of Falun Gong or a Dalai Lama supporter, you'd better keep quiet about it. But it's not like the whole population is just waiting for the gov't. to fall or for an outside power to rescue them. I have never heard anyone in China talk like that.
If I were to move there, I'd have to give up considerable hobbies and lifestyle choices. I haven't decided on that yet, but, if I do move there, I will not try to carry on an American lifestyle there. That's a recipe for disappointment.