> DW>That, and the fact that China is a communist country, might be where I got
> >the idea that they could not immigrate permanently.
> Well, think of all the people who have moved to Canada and the USA from Russia
> or Cuba. I'd imagine most of them that want to move premanently are doing so
> because they don't like the system they are fleeing from and, even if that's
> not the case, they will likely have a big problem trying to convert us to
> their Commie ways.. B)
Cuba is another country I didn't think you were able to permanently leave
without fleeing. I know that used to be true. If they are able to leave
and are moving to Canada (and for the reasons we suspect), that is great!
> In a lot of cases it is wealthy people there looking for places to invest
> money they've managed to hide from their government where there's a good
> chance the places will go up in price. The limits on how long they can
> stay would likely be based on if they want to immigrate permanently and
> the hassle of the waiting period until they could get permission to move
> here if they do. I expect the super rich in China have a better time of
> things than the average people there (think of Russian Oligarchs) and,
> although they may want to take advantage of things in the more 'free'
> countries, they may not have any desire to move here permanently, plus
> they may have a major problem getting much more than a tiny percentage
> of all their $Billions out of their home country..
Yes, that makes sense. If they've been allowed to make money over there,
they probably are not doing too badly in their country and would have
trouble maintaining their riches elsewhere.
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