CCP Tightens Exit Controls Amid Sharp Increase in Citizens Fleeing China

The sharp increase of Chinese citizens joining the “run” movement—fleeing China by both legal and illegal means—has attracted international attention since the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) three-year draconian “zero-COVID” lockdowns that caused countless humanitarian tragedies. Most of them have taken various routes to the United States, their ideal destination. Meanwhile, the CCP is reported to have tightened control over Chinese citizens’ overseas travel to save face as so many citizens are fleeing, in contrast to the CCP’s claim of “confidence” in its system. Different Routes According to media reports and what fleeing citizens told The Epoch Times, Chinese nationals at various economic strata take different routes into the United States....