I was being ridiculously literal in my interpretation as I felt that you were being ridiculously hyperbolic and that you were verging into being insulting to the chinese in general rather than the chinese government in particular, even if that may have not been your intention. Saying that you would rather drown than live in a particular group is a pretty strong statement.
To be honest I don't believe for a second that if you were actually magically turned into a chinese citizen, by some nefarious wizard with an exceedingly strange sense of humour, that you would then say to yourself "Right, that's it, I'm off to drown in the Yangtze river, only got a day.".
For one thing you would have at least a few days initially of wondering what the fuck was going on and feeling lost and bewildered and stuff, so the timeframe isn't realistic. And even then, I reckon you would be more likely to just get on with life from then on, and also be completely shit-scared of wizards.
[edit] Actually, the fear of wizards might even keep you alive as then you are less likely to be worried about the power of the chinese government. Unless they also have wizards, in which case you might have problems.
To be honest I don't believe for a second that if you were actually magically turned into a chinese citizen, by some nefarious wizard with an exceedingly strange sense of humour, that you would then say to yourself "Right, that's it, I'm off to drown in the Yangtze river, only got a day.".
For one thing you would have at least a few days initially of wondering what the fuck was going on and feeling lost and bewildered and stuff, so the timeframe isn't realistic. And even then, I reckon you would be more likely to just get on with life from then on, and also be completely shit-scared of wizards.
[edit] Actually, the fear of wizards might even keep you alive as then you are less likely to be worried about the power of the chinese government. Unless they also have wizards, in which case you might have problems.