Subj : How far I've come...
To   : DUMAS WALKER
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat Feb 04 2023 01:18 am

RM>> No expert but I'd have to think that someone from China could immigrate
  >> here  as easily as anyone else.  If they wanted  to still return to
  >> their own country at times then they would probably be  restricted
  >> to no more than 6 months at a time in Canada.
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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)

DW>I had heard that Chinese buy condos in BC and then rent them cheap
  >during the seasons they  are not there because they cannot stay.
  >So I think that is where I got the idea that none of them could stay.

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..

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