Leaving China Is Getting Harder: Travelers Report Exit Crackdown “Three Out of Four Were Stopped”: China’s Exit Controls Tighten
🚨More and more Chinese people are reporting that travelers are being stopped or subjected to heightened scrutiny when trying to leave China.
@Historybaoye said that one of his friends, who was departing from Beijing airport for the United States 🇺🇸, described the experience this way:
“When going through exit immigration, they strictly check your social security information. If you own a company, they check your tax records. They also require you to provide information about your property, vehicles, and family members. And they repeatedly question you about the purpose of your trip and other details. Of the four people in front of me, three were stopped!”
Another Chinese netizen, @wuyuesanren, said that a very reliable friend of his in Osaka, Japan, sent him the following message:
“The wife of a chef at our restaurant returned from Guangzhou yesterday, Sunday, with their son and daughter. It really was true that about one-quarter of the passengers failed to board their flights. They apparently believe the authorities already had access to the ticket-purchase information well in advance.
"She had a round-trip ticket to Osaka, held a Japanese residence card with a visa valid for more than three years, and was traveling with two children who attend school in Japan. They were not asked a single question.
"But other people traveling abroad for tourism were all questioned. Those who had bought one-way tickets were made to line up separately, and in the end, almost none of them were allowed through.”
Another Chinese netizen, @sosohwa, wrote:
“Over the past month, as Xi Baozi’s [a derogatory nickname for Xi Jinping] exit and entry controls have become increasingly strict, people inside China who have some money have begun panicking as if doomsday were approaching. They are trying every possible way to get through different channels, use personal connections, pull strings, and flee China on a massive scale.
"As a result, on almost every flight leaving China, once the plane takes off and crosses China’s border, passengers erupt into wild cheers. The scenes are comparable to the dramatic moments in the movie Argo. At an altitude of more than 10,000 meters, passengers practically start a party inside the aircraft. Many are moved to tears, overwhelmed by a sense of happiness and lingering fear, as though they have just survived a disaster.
"Analysts say this reflects the true situation of Chinese people, especially those in the middle class and above. It is also the clearest example of people ‘voting with their feet’ against ‘Goubuli Baozi’ [another derogatory reference to Xi Jinping].”
8/25/2028
