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What do you guys thank of Hangzhou, China? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by naeads@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Recently came back from there for a week. Thought that place was pretty chill, surprisingly so when compared to the rest of China.

I am just wondering if anyone tried DNing there and what you thought about the place?

Note: no political reasons whatsoever please, I hate politics with a passion. I want pure life/work related response please. Thank you.

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[–] BubuBarakas@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Lived in HZ for a year in 2018-2019. Was enough. The police had begun a campaign that entailed going into bars and locking them down and forcing everyone to take a hair follicle test for ANY illegal substance. If a foreigner tested positive, they went straight to jail where their phone was confiscated and all contacts examined to see if the substance was of CN origin. After 2 weeks of detention and interrogation, they were taken to the airport in the clothes they were arrested in and deported. No chance to go home and get their belongings. It’s a totalitarian hellscape in that regard. There are better places. Not worth the risk.