They should make a backup of the phone and then reset it to factory defaults then restore the backup once out of the country.
Does the chinese gov have backdoor access to gmail/gdrive?
China’s assault on Cathay Pacific
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#12Can anyone recommend a good book on China, or modern geopolitics?
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#13I have said it before but all of this is pretty classic fascist behavior where loyalty to the corporate state is demanded without question. This is for all serving purposes a monster that the West created. I just worry about what this looks like going forward, where we have this huge massive superpower which acts this way and can't be questioned.
No disagreements with your base assessment, but how did the west create this situation? China has a longer continuous timeline than the western powers by far. Are the current political moires there not another node on that chain?
I won't say "the west" because I think it's really "capitalism", but
Global capitalism created this situation by deepening trade relationships with China to the point that we're all dependent on them to the point that there's very little leverage over their international behaviour.
Look at how the PRC is behaving against Canada right now. Illegal torture-like detention of two of innocent Canadian citizens in China, in retaliation for the very mild house arrest (for extradition) of a Huawei executive, something Canada _had_ to do (treaty) on US request.
How they behave domestically (against Hong Kong citizens for example), yes, that's another question.
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#15I have said it before but all of this is pretty classic fascist behavior where loyalty to the corporate state is demanded without question. This is for all serving purposes a monster that the West created. I just worry about what this looks like going forward, where we have this huge massive superpower which acts this way and can't be questioned.
No disagreements with your base assessment, but how did the west create this situation? China has a longer continuous timeline than the western powers by far. Are the current political moires there not another node on that chain?
This type of argument always kind of bothers me as well, be nice to state it as "helped create" or something but then there is a lot to say for the old saying "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem".
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#16Can anyone recommend a good book on China, or modern geopolitics?
On China, by Kissinger. Slightly outdated but still contextualizes china w/i its history.
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#17Can anyone recommend a good book on China, or modern geopolitics?
Everything Under the Heavens
The China Mirage
How Asia Works
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#18Can anyone recommend a good book on China, or modern geopolitics?
Not trolling, just read 1984 or animal farm. It’s just the same story
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#20>Chinese inspectors have started screening the phones of Cathay crew for anti-Beijing material. If that doesn't persuade ordinary Hong Kongers to love and trust the mainland authorities, I don't know what will.
If you’re a Hong Kong resident, what are your options? Can you flee the country with a visa to a first world country with rights less under pressure from a totalitarian state? Edit: I genuinely appreciate all of the replies to this comment as this humanitarian crisis unfolds.
Visa free travel to the US. The situation isn't that desparate yet. But I fully expect this President will toss them back into the jaws of tyranny.