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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We faced this choice recently as my HS kid won a scholarship to complete the last two years of HS at the UWC, which has a school
In the US and 17 around the world including one in China and one in HK. We could not chose the school but had list them in order or preference and could exclude only one. We listed Japan among the first three, while putting HK at the bottom and excluding China. Heck, the school in Bosnia was ten spots above HK. Sorry but not sorry. Nothing is totally safe but not sending my kid to a place with 24/7 surveillance where the government decides whether you are locked up as bargaining chip snd there us no legal recourse (yea the irony is not lost on me of the current situation in the US but China is still way worse). So my answer to OP’s question is no. [/quote]

Are we not in a 24/7 surveillance state at this point?? Are people not being kidnapped and sent to random
 prisons in the US? Is our government not targeting political enemies (media, universities, vocal critics)? I'm really not sure the situation in China is “worse” anymore. If the government is largely ignoring the courts then we have no legal recourse in the US either. Unfortunately, it seems that the US government is more unstable and irrational than most other countries now. Americans are just too arrogant to admit that their country is lagging behind or backsiding in many areas. If the US continues to alienate allies and make short-sighted irrational decisions, the 21st century us likely to be the Chinese century. No country will want to be interdependent on the US now that they think Americans are likely to elect and unhinged and emotionally volatile leader every other 4 years. [/quote]

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