If you think about it, in the interests of public security, the very first people that this kind of system would be targeted against would be the laowai.
Now, this is most especially true with the biometic registration at all entry points and state registration of VPN activity. Even as a laoban, the baoan’s expect me to go through the scanning procedures.
I also question the numbers already affected. Really, the population of the entire American midwest (in size) is affected. Seems like a very unlikely scenario for stage one project implementation.
You do know, and are aware that liberal millennial types have been targeting American conservatives for years with posting of outrageous news articles and bogus reports. They get a big kick out of it. Been some articles on this.
All that I am saying is very simple...
All “news” is fake UNLESS you personally see it, and are affected by it. Other than that, it is just a butterfly flapping it’s wing a half a globe away.
Yes that was what I was saying, in my comment about the observation of foreigners there.
I believe this is simply ramping up the pressure on the locals.
That said, I may have been a bit harsh. My apologies.
It bears watching though, for sure.
China keeps getting more powerful.
We really, really need to bring back American production, and stop importing EVERYTHING from another country.
Especially a country, whose population, completely dwarfs our own.