I love how the Gallup website just completely ignores the remarkable numbers from the second most populous country in the world and instead chooses to focus on Singapore (literally a city lmao) and waffle on about Europe for a while for some reason.

Edit: notably it only waffles on about Europe in order to try to excuse the clear trend of violence against women there shown in the data.

China is a genuinely safe place to live in!

Unfortunately I’ve also seen a lot of nationalist propaganda who justify this with “that’s why you shouldn’t let immigrants to get into your country. look at how Europe has fallen blah blah.” People losing their shit over the K visa debacle really left a bad taste in my mouth.

I think the 6% are the ones that would never feel safe anywhere. I used to be one of those. Anxiety is a bitch

I loved walking around Beijing because I felt safe at any time of day, and in any crowd. I could use my phone, speak English, and take out my wallet on the street, which are all things I’ve had to limit elsewhere.

My dad never felt safest then when he was walking the streets of China regardless if it was day or night, I hope to one day experience that.