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Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, said four people familiar with the matter.

The new guidelines have caused some Taiwanese expatriates and foreign multinationals operating in China to scramble to assess their legal risks and exposure, said the people, who include a lawyer and two executives with direct knowledge of the discussions.

"Several companies have come to us to assess the risks to their personnel," said the lawyer, James Zimmerman, a Beijing-based partner at the Perkins Coie law firm. He declined to identify the companies or industries for confidentiality reasons.

"The companies are still concerned that there may be some grey areas such as whether a benign social media post or voting for a particular political party or candidate in Taiwan elections could be interpreted as engaging in pro-independence activities," Zimmerman said.

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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah I would absolutely be getting out of there. Taiwan has an orange alert for travel to China now aka do not go there.

[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What a shithole of a country jesus. That some people defend it all and spew Chinese propaganda for free even maybe…

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Jesus, that's terrifying. And especially in China there is no rule of law, if they deem you too extreme then a tweet like mentioning that Taiwan is a country might get you on the death row.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Why is there always ONE guy who downvotes EVERYTHING???