Rich Chinese paused their efforts to move themselves and their fortunes offshore during the COVID-19 pandemic, but quickly resumed their emigration after draconian restrictions on travel were lifted.
They're draconian when they try to stop the spread of a deadly disease.
Turns out, dragons are kind of cool.
Let's not forget that the US banned travel from China as well.
I'm sure China will suffer as they take their capital with them. Wait, I'm getting a bulletin, turns out it's really difficult to physically move the machines used to produce value.
workers will have no choice but wander empty factories aimlessly until next season's CEO trees bear fruit.
Me going to work and forgetting how to turn on the lights after the billionaire owner flees
But they took the imaginary number in a bank database with them, and that's what really matters.
I wonder if in a few years there will be a regret story, like "millionaires move back to China because the US made them feel just middle-class" or "everyone thinks I'm a spy/covid-carrier".
That would be hands down the most hilarious outcome.
That's only half of it, the most hilarious outcome would be if China then said "Fuck off gusanos, btw we expropriated your assets"
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"Tonight's story, a mass exodus of Chinese nationals from the former United States. Some, fleeing the irradiated zones, others saying they were more prosperous under the thumb of the tyrannical CCP. But first, a message from our King, Barron Trump."
there was for the HKers who took UK visas. shit-tons of racism
Honestly I could really see them getting the japanese internment camp treatment if the situation with china gets even a little warmer
Lol come to the US and do what though? We already have a parasite class here
Be landlords, presumably. They sure as fuck aren’t opening factories and in the US
Hope Xi seizes all their assets.
Oh no! What will China do when these superhumans that do the work of 1000 people leave? If 100 millionaires leave that's like 100,000 workers leaving the workforce!
For comparison, Chinese universities graduate some 5-6 mil STEM graduates yearly. This doesn’t include the already established PHDs and engineers leaving the West due to rising animosity and hate crimes against Asians.
muh capital flight will surely occur this time
brb packing 400 tons of assemblyline into my carry-on luggage
Watch it then just get shipped back to China for a tax break.
Will the Chinese 蚯蚓 (Gusanos) be exempt from the internment camps America will inevitably set up?
Of course not, neither were the good^TM^ Japanese last time.
Crap, it's the same old story. My love of harassing gusanos is arguing with my fear of committing a hate crime.
Time for some private jets to go missing and never be recovered MH370 style.
So the US gets all the greedy, self-centred Capitalists from China, while China gets all the rational, forward-thinking Scientists and Academics from the US? Cool.
win-win
The US and others. China's investment in science is eclipsing even Europe.
Is that code for something else?
Gonna exodus the life out of the millionaire's bodies?
China’s billionaires have been using cartels to evade Chinese laws that restrict the movement of money. Seems like China is doing its part, now the US, if it actually cares about drug addiction and trafficking.
Don't let The People's Door hit you on the way out
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who's going to buy all the houses above market value so I'm forced to rent above market value???