China, press rank #172 · 
~$1,300/mo
Can you live unwatched in Baoding?
Surveillance, facial recognition and crypto rules read here for the city itself, not the national average.
The privacy scorecard
The six marked ° below are read for Baoding itself. The rest are set by China’s national law, the same across every city in the country.
press rank #172 (China) ~$1,300/mo, this city
safety 4/5
geopolitical stability 3/5
Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law11 in total
The 2019 Vaccine Administration Law calls the immunisation programme both a right and a duty, and the certificate is checked at enrolment. Because no penalty attaches to the parents, one legal survey does not count it as enforceable.
If you skip them: Nursery and school must check the certificate and report a child who is behind. No fine falls on the parents.
Exemptions: Medical only.
Source: Vaccine Administration Law of the PRC, 2019
Legal & financial exposure
Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.
Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)
No extradition treaty with the US
ID required to buy a SIM card
Crypto capital gains are taxed
Crypto trading itself is restricted, which makes the tax question mostly moot.
Crypto mining is banned
Cryptocurrency mining is explicitly banned here.
2 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.
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