| ▲ | barbazoo 3 hours ago |
| One thing China does well. Put people that damage their society or economy behind bars. |
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| ▲ | PeterHolzwarth 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| In China, "harmed society or the economy" is very very often the excuse used to put political enemies into prison. |
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| ▲ | scotty79 an hour ago | parent [-] | | So? It works. Their economy is starting to lap the West one. Maybe cutting a little bit off the top works regardless of who exactly is being cut? |
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| ▲ | gruez 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Yeah, like Jack Ma (of alibaba) who disappeared for months, and got his company's IPO canceled, all because he criticized the government's financial regulations a bit too much? Trump wishes he has as much ability to put people behind bars as Xi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ma#During_tech_crackdown |
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| ▲ | lokar an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | While that is bad, so is unregulated crypto, sports betting, prediction markets, gutting of consumer financial protection, etc we are getting now. | |
| ▲ | Spooky23 35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | Read about Joseph Nacchio sometime. |
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| ▲ | Lio 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Is that true or is it just people that challenge the power of the current Communist Party leadership that get punished? |
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| ▲ | barbazoo 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | There is this recent example https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/20/evergrande-... | | |
| ▲ | gruez 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Which seems exactly like the sort of thing an authoritarian regime would do to placate the masses. Make an example of some big boss, but conveniently fail to fix or even acknowledge the issues that led to the crisis in the first place. In the example of the property bubble, it's domestic financial repression making real estate the only option for savings, and local governments being hooked (heh) on land sales to fund their budgets. The whole system was designed to pump up property prices and drive a bubble. | | |
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