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The passport collection drive, carried out under what is known as “personal travel abroad management,” allows local government officials to control and monitor who can travel abroad, how often and to where.

It comes as Xi steps up state involvement in everyday life and clamps down on official corruption. China’s powerful state security apparatus has also intensified its campaign against foreign espionage.

Interviews with more than a dozen Chinese public sector workers and notices from education bureaus in half a dozen cities show restrictions on international travel have been greatly expanded from last year to include rank-and-file employees of schools, universities, local governments and state-owned groups.

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“If we want to travel abroad, we have to apply to the city education bureau and I don’t think it will be approved,” said the teacher, asking that they and their city not be named.

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Residents of restive regions such as Tibet lost their freedom to travel more than a decade ago. Starting in the mid-2010s, some areas applied “personal travel abroad management” rules to local teachers. Last year, after pandemic-era travel restrictions were lifted, more education bureaus began to introduce teacher travel restrictions and stepped them up this summer.

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An entry-level salesperson at a bank in Nanjing said she was told to hand in her passport when she joined the state-owned group last year. After quitting in March, she had to wait six months for a “de-secrecy process” before she was able to retrieve it.

In central Hunan province, a mid-level official at a local government investment fund said he gained approval from nine different departments for a holiday abroad but still could not retrieve his passport.

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The restrictions are hitting retirees as well. A 76-year-old who retired from a state-owned aircraft maker more than 10 years ago said his former employer took his passport back this year for “security reasons” and barred him from visiting family abroad.

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China’s foreign ministry said it was not aware of the situation and referred questions to the relevant authorities.

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[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I want to go back to Hong Kong so badly, and then I keep seeing shit like this which reminds me I never want to visit China.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not a huge city lover because I find a lot of them very samey but New York and Hong Kong are incredible places.

Last time I was there was before COVID and I wonder how much of it's vibrance has been sucked out since. 40 minutes north, Shenzhen is drab and lifeless by comparison.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funny enough, I’m the opposite. You’ve seen a few different countrysides you’ve seen them all. But cities are bustling, vibrant and unique with all different cultures coming together, and Hong Kong (like you said about New York) was at the top of them. I’m really disappointed about how you describe Shenzhen because that’s my worry that will happen to Hong Kong

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah I can see that perspective. It depends a lot on the city I suppose.

You gave me pause for thought and I suppose I just like being in nature more. :)

Oh, Berlin and Amsterdam are also stand out cities. Yeah maybe I like them more than I think I do.