> Teachers have become central to the party's push to enforce ideological conformity, and authorities are increasingly concerned about the influence foreign travel could have on them.
> According to government notices, teachers who refuse to hand over their passports or travel abroad without official permission face disciplinary action.
They are panicking because their economy is falling apart in a catastrophic way and they are worried about capital flight/brain drain. They will soon move to shut thr country off from the outside world entirely.
Kannigget on
China is so weak, it’s afraid of ideas.
Tenableg on
Their society is a nightmare.
Swimming_Profit8857 on
Communism is just another form of gangsterism, The PRC and North Korea are the best evidence for that. Toxic to humans, pets, and wildlife.
ImportantPost6401 on
I think we in the West are closer to this that we care to admit. Redditors support this sort of thing in the name of pandemic control or preventing “misinformation” for example.
Superbunzil on
Tale as old as time
China was always approaching this cross road for decades where its continued prosperity would come at the cost of its culturally engrained authoritarianism
To choose to prosper or to demand absolute authority- you can not have both and China decided the latter
GT7combat on
pooh bear never liked to travel so why should his subjects.
Light_fires on
Any nation that has to control foregin influence has a weak culture. In china’s case it’s the culture of the CCP that ruins the rest of its beautiful culture.
uacoop on
This is the kind of thing I’d like to see some sort of primary source for…
34countries on
Woa that’s bad
edbash on
One of the first signs of a true totalitarian government is restricting people from leaving. And further requiring documents to travel within the country. Once that happens, it goes downhill fast: as per the Third Reich and USSR.
DiarrheaMonkey- on
Wow that’s bad. That’s basically what private companies and super-rich families do to immigrant slave laborers in India and most Middle-Eastern states.
Sure am glad that I refused 3 teaching job offers in China and will very soon be on a flight to work in another nation. Taiwan will always be my first choice though, but there are relatively few positions available there, probably because Western teachers want to stay there..
Viendictive on
Lost the culture war.
claptonsbabychowder on
The Chinese equivalent of Project 2025’s plan to eliminate the Department of Education.
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Fuck the CCP
Good luck finding English teachers, then.
Not shocking at all
Always a sign of a healthy, prospering nation on the rise
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-demands-teachers-surrender-passports-shocking-move-control-travel-limit-foreign-influence-1727461) reduced by 89%. (I’m a bot)
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> In a tightening grip on civil society, Chinese authorities have implemented a policy that requires teachers and other public-sector employees to surrender their passports.
> Teachers have become central to the party's push to enforce ideological conformity, and authorities are increasingly concerned about the influence foreign travel could have on them.
> According to government notices, teachers who refuse to hand over their passports or travel abroad without official permission face disciplinary action.
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My teacher told me that the world is flat.
They are panicking because their economy is falling apart in a catastrophic way and they are worried about capital flight/brain drain. They will soon move to shut thr country off from the outside world entirely.
China is so weak, it’s afraid of ideas.
Their society is a nightmare.
Communism is just another form of gangsterism, The PRC and North Korea are the best evidence for that. Toxic to humans, pets, and wildlife.
I think we in the West are closer to this that we care to admit. Redditors support this sort of thing in the name of pandemic control or preventing “misinformation” for example.
Tale as old as time
China was always approaching this cross road for decades where its continued prosperity would come at the cost of its culturally engrained authoritarianism
To choose to prosper or to demand absolute authority- you can not have both and China decided the latter
pooh bear never liked to travel so why should his subjects.
Any nation that has to control foregin influence has a weak culture. In china’s case it’s the culture of the CCP that ruins the rest of its beautiful culture.
This is the kind of thing I’d like to see some sort of primary source for…
Woa that’s bad
One of the first signs of a true totalitarian government is restricting people from leaving. And further requiring documents to travel within the country. Once that happens, it goes downhill fast: as per the Third Reich and USSR.
Wow that’s bad. That’s basically what private companies and super-rich families do to immigrant slave laborers in India and most Middle-Eastern states.
Sure am glad that I refused 3 teaching job offers in China and will very soon be on a flight to work in another nation. Taiwan will always be my first choice though, but there are relatively few positions available there, probably because Western teachers want to stay there..
Lost the culture war.
The Chinese equivalent of Project 2025’s plan to eliminate the Department of Education.
Haha, no.