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China probably does.

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That's not a realistic expectation.

Give it a few decades.

It's unlikely to take that long.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-...

Give it one.

It’s not like this is some random citizen. He’s a CCP member and the head of Interpol. I would be surprised if China were the only country tracking his whereabouts 24/7.

Let's rephrase it. China and the US probably have very good guesses almost all of the time. So the Chinese government can probably provide a very small area to search for him, if they didn't apprehend him themselves.

... almost all the time [one is on the digital grid]

The more capability superpowers build into digital tracking, the easier it is to leave that behind.

If I took a bag of cash, left all digital devices and credit / banking cards on my table, and walked out of my house, I find it incredibly hard to believe the US government could reliably track me if I wasn't already marked for surveillance.

China, I might pop up on a camera, but there are ways around that.

So yes, agreed if people are connected and behaving "normally." (I.e. buying things, showing their id, etc)

If you stick to walking, why even bother to track you? You're not going very far from your house that way. If you board a plane, rent a car, etc, you get tracked.

Might be wiser to use public transit.

Board an intercity train? I think you get tracked now, but I'm not certain. Intercity bus? I don't know. Intercity van? Probably not... but you might.

Public transit within a city? I don't think you get tracked for that.

From looking it up, looks like you need ID for anything commercial interstate (bus or rail).

Contrary to internet opinion, you can still jump freight and hitchhike with long haulers in the US.

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