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@HebrideanHecate @blingring @GalacticTurtle I would say, having had a handful of visits over about a decade, that the country has totally changed in that time.

In the 2000s there were signs that it was opening up and becoming a more liberal society.

Xi’s government has now done a 180 and totally cracked down on any openness. People are much more guarded about what they say, a lot of what they say comes across as “scripted”, the minders/watchers are far more numerous and far more overt.