China’s Twilight Years (The Atlantic, June 2016): China
today boasts roughly five workers for every retiree. By 2040, this highly
desirable ratio will have collapsed to about 1.6 to 1. A demographer at the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences predicted that in another decade or two, the
social and fiscal pressures created by aging in China will force what many
Chinese find inconceivable for the world’s most populous nation: a mounting
need to attract immigrants.
Students at Fake University Say They Were Collateral Damage
in Sting Operation (N.Y. Times, May 6): The Department of Homeland Security
says it set up the University of Northern New Jersey as a sting operation to
catch some 22 corrupt brokers who arranged for about 1000 fake students to get
real U.S. student visas. But some of the “students,” who now face deportation,
claim they thought the school was real and tried to attend classes.
Canada Cites Espionage Risk from Two Huawei Employees,
Saying It Plans to Reject Their Immigration Applications (S. China Morning
Post, May 4): These Canadian immigration denials emerge amid a swirl of
unsubstantiated international spying concerns about the firm.
China is Attracting International Students, But What Are the
Policies in Place to Help Them Stick Around?
(Global Times, Apr. 21): International students have few legal
internship opportunities and are shut out of the job market by the rule
generally requiring 2 years’ postgraduate experience to get a work China visa.
Why China Isn’t Hosting Syrian Refugees (Foreign Policy,
Feb. 26): Liang Pan summarizes why–for foreign policy, ideological, domestic
population policy, domestic ethnic policy, and other reasons–the Chinese
government hasn’t taken in Syrian refugees.
Airline Rules for Traveling While Pregnant (Travel + Leisure, Feb. 8): It turns out some
airlines are surprisingly lenient while others are more strict about letting
pregnant women fly.
30,000 North Korean Children Living in Limbo in China
(Guardian, Feb. 5): Since the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of North Koreans
have fled across the border to China, many in order to survive famine in their
homeland. Many of the women refugees have been vulnerable to abuse and sex
trafficking. Up to 30,000 children born to North Korean mothers and Chinese
fathers are now effectively stateless. Although the Nationality Law recognizes
children born in China to one Chinese parent at PRC citizens, these parents
rarely register their children because the mother’s identity would have to be
revealed – and she would be deported back to North Korea. As a result, the
children have no access to schooling or health care.
Weddings from Hell: the Cambodian Brides Trafficked to China
(Guardian, Feb. 1): There’s a pattern of Cambodian women lured to China by
promises of work but then sold into forced marriages. Even if they manage to
flee China and return to Cambodia, reintegration is difficult.
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