• @ttmrichter
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    33 years ago

    I’ve been living here for 20 years, but it’s all contingent on my getting my visa renewed every year (or two years now that I’ve passed a critical age). Getting permanent resident status?

    Not. A. Fucking. Chance. In. Hell.

    I’m married to a local. I own real estate. I own a business. I am in excellent standing with the police. I will never see permanent residence.

    If I had a few million dollars, or if I had advanced degrees in certain fields they want advanced degrees in, then maybe—maybe!—I could get permanent residence. Without that, however, my chances are so vanishingly small that I’ll be long-dead before they get around to awarding it to me.

    • @nutomicA
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      23 years ago

      Who knows, China might announce an immigration reform in a few months. They are on a reform spree right now.

      • @lorabe
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        23 years ago

        They have to, their people are aging to the point that they need fresh blood.

        Having that said, i wonder how chinese would react to a sudden influx of foreigners, as far as i know they treat them as celebrities.

        • @ttmrichter
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          13 years ago

          They did maybe 20 years ago (when I arrived). They still do maybe out in the sticks.

          No urban centre, even out-of-the-mainstream places like Wuhan, treats foreigners as celebrities and they haven’t for well over a decade.