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The article doesn’t mention it, but it’s also difficult to bring their money with them due to strict transfer limits.

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[–] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 92 points 4 months ago (2 children)

parenti-hands

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.

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 55 points 4 months ago

Turns out, dragons are kind of cool.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 40 points 4 months ago

Let's not forget that the US banned travel from China as well.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 82 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 60 points 4 months ago (1 children)

workers will have no choice but wander empty factories aimlessly until next season's CEO trees bear fruit.

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Me going to work and forgetting how to turn on the lights after the billionaire owner flees

[–] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 36 points 4 months ago

But they took the imaginary number in a bank database with them, and that's what really matters.

[–] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

is a millionaire rich enough to own industrial machines?

[–] fox@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

Millionaires have a dollar value in assets of x, {x ∈ R ∣ 1,000,000 ≤ x ≤ 999,999,999}

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 64 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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".

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That would be hands down the most hilarious outcome.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's only half of it, the most hilarious outcome would be if China then said "Fuck off gusanos, btw we expropriated your assets"

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 months ago
[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

"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."

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

there was for the HKers who took UK visas. shit-tons of racism

[–] Grandpa_garbagio@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

Honestly I could really see them getting the japanese internment camp treatment if the situation with china gets even a little warmer

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 61 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lol come to the US and do what though? We already have a parasite class here

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 43 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Be landlords, presumably. They sure as fuck aren’t opening factories and in the US

[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 56 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hope Xi seizes all their assets.

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago
[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 54 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)

muh capital flight will surely occur this time

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

brb packing 400 tons of assemblyline into my carry-on luggage

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

Watch it then just get shipped back to China for a tax break.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Will the Chinese 蚯蚓 (Gusanos) be exempt from the internment camps America will inevitably set up?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 4 months ago

Of course not, neither were the good^TM^ Japanese last time.

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago

Crap, it's the same old story. My love of harassing gusanos is arguing with my fear of committing a hate crime.

[–] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

chavez-guns :chavez-exprópiese:

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

Time for some private jets to go missing and never be recovered MH370 style.

[–] Leegh@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 4 months ago
[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

The US and others. China's investment in science is eclipsing even Europe.

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

Is that code for something else?

Gonna exodus the life out of the millionaire's bodies?

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Don't let The People's Door hit you on the way out