The Chinese government has said the cost of renting a home in cities should not rise by more than 5% a year - its first move to cap rental prices and part of efforts to provide more affordable housing.
  • ttmrichter
    3·
    3 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
      2·
      3 years ago

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

      • lorabe
        2·
        3 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
          1·
          3 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.