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‘A perfectly shielded society’

For years, China was seen by foreign residents as a land of unlimited opportunity. But that is in the past now. A tough zero-covid strategy, growing nationalism, totalitarian tendencies and higher taxes are causing more and more expats to leave the People’s Republic.
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Marcel Grzanna
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With the end of the China chapter in his life, relief set in for Niklas. “I’m really glad to be out. Now I can feel how much energy this time actually took,” says the Dutchman, who left Shanghai two weeks ago after 17 years in the People’s Republic.

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