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Even low-level government employees like elementary school teachers and nurses have been ordered to hand in their passports, to enforce “discipline.”


Only a matter of time till things start going this way. For Super Earth.

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[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

This is pretty common in China. My Chinese classmates say that some of their friends quit their jobs as teachers because they wanted to travel abroad and have a passport.

It's been that way for a long time apparently, only made more evident now by the increasing relevance of Chinese geopolitics and their stronger economy compared to their neighbours