Beijing launches crackdown on illegal foreigners
Source: BBC
Beijing authorities have launched a 100-day crackdown on foreigners who stay or work in the city illegally.
Local police said those who entered China illegally, overstayed their visas or worked without proper permits would be punished.
Officers would conduct visa checks in places across the city that were popular for foreigners, police said.
Beijing has become increasingly attractive to foreigners as the Chinese economy has boomed.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18068366
Expect this story to show up in right-wing viral emails (without the link perhaps) or the Drudge Report with the subject line "Communist China has better immigration enforcement than Obama's America".
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)a Chinese sweatshop is a step up.
Sheesh.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)I'm guessing that most of the "illegals" are western.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)but it's also pretty common for North Koreans to flee to china.
And Cambodians, and Vietnamese, and so on.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)I lived in China and know many people who have taught there. It would be easy enough to overstay your visa as a teacher.
According to the article "Most illegal workers are believed to be working as language teachers and housekeepers, reports say."
liberal N proud
(60,352 posts)I know they have tightened their visa procedures and you have to state exactly the dates you will be in China where it used to be a range that you would be traveling in.
Make planning very difficult when things change and the schedule has to change.