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Media reports in the West have sometimes exaggerated or inaccurately described this concept.

But the concept exists, nonetheless.

The idea that the tech and surveillance obsessed Chinese government isn't keeping tags on its citizens, to at least the same degree western countries are keeping tags on theirs is patently absurd, and all you're doing by pretending otherwise is licking the left boot instead of the right,.

Don't live in English world,

上海市第一中级人民法院 (From Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court):

被限制消费的对象不得有以下行为：

1.乘坐交通工具时，选择飞机、列车软卧、轮船二等以上舱位；

2.在星级以上宾馆、酒店、夜总会、高尔夫球场等场所进行高消费；

3.购买不动产或者新建、扩建、高档装修房屋；

4.租赁高档写字楼、宾馆、公寓等场所办公；

5.购买非经营必需车辆；

6.旅游、度假；

7.子女就读高收费私立学校；

8支付高额保费购买保险理财产品；

9.乘坐G字头动车组列车全部座位、其他动车组列车一等以上座位等其他非生活和工作必需的消费行为。

deepl:

The subject of the spending restriction must not engage in the following behaviors:

1. Choosing airplanes, soft sleepers on trains, or second-class or higher cabins on ships when taking transportation;

2. High consumption in hotels, guest houses, nightclubs, golf courses and other places with star rating or above;

3. Purchasing real estate or building new, expanded or high-grade renovated houses;

4. Renting offices in high-grade office buildings, hotels, apartments and other places;

5. Purchase of non-business-essential cars;

6. Tourism, vacation;

7. Children studying in high-fee private schools;

8 Paying high premiums for insurance and financial products;

9. Taking all the seats of G trains, first-class or higher seats of other trains, and other consumption behaviors that are not necessary for life and work.

https://www.a-court.gov.cn/xxfb/no1court_412/docs/202305/d_3946003.html