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Good to know. I was referring to "green card" when I said "legal immigration".

• contingencies 11y ago
  China gives out green cards to foreigners who apply after they have stayed for something like 5-10 years paying taxes with a registered business. However, they are in practice also a lot more friendly about being in-country on random visas, happily provide extensions, and do not kick you out within 10 days under threat of imprisonment if a business-linked visa expires, like they do in the US.
  • KJP191 11y ago
    This is not actually true. Although the conditions for permanent residence are pretty lenient on paper, they are hardly ever given out. Less than 5000 were issued in the 10 years to 2014 (in total, ie less than 500 per year). In practice it's FAR harder to get a Chinese green card than an American one. Also, many of those 5000 "foreigners" are actually the children of senior Chinese officials who have taken foreign citizenship then returned to China. The number of "real" foreigners with permanent residence is even lower.
    • contingencies 11y ago
      Everything I said is true. Everything you said is a tangent regarding numbers.