Society‘I’m just an ordinary person’: Many in China already trapped before new exit rules

China will implement new entry-and-exit rules on September 15, giving border officers authority to “dissuade” citizens from leaving. Several people interviewed said they had already been barred from travel for reasons including suspected fraud listings, employer-held passports and rights activism, often without written explanations.

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