To get a work permit in China, one must be at least 24 years old, have a B.A., and---in Beijing---have an ESL certificate. Likewise, a clean bill of health is required (e.g., no HIV, among other things.) I believe one must also now provide evidence of a clean criminal record.

Once again you attack people who do not know on grounds of which you are ignorant. In short, once more you show you do not know your a-hole from your elbow.

OK, I got it. Foreigners are at fault because your government has insufficient regulation and because it does not and cannot enforce the laws it does have. Poor China, ravished by the foreign devils yet again! Good thing you're defending the land. (Where can I buy a statue of you? You know, like those little 关公 idols? I wanna burn incense in front of it. Imbue me with your indomitable spirit.)

So, do something about it! Don't whine about it here, speak up to your government. Oops, sorry...I forgot maybe there's nobbody there to listen to your complaints and here on TBJ you have a captive (but bored) audience. OR...you have no balls!

I agree, Taiwan is a part of China and will be under the Beijing government one day. But, in fact, Taiwan is not treated as part of China. You need special documentation to go there. Chinese military fly-overs would meet with gunfire. The government in Beijing collects no taxes from there. I can go on. My point was simply that I have known foreigners to get in trouble for the very same error you just made, O Native Son: referring to Taiwan as a separate entity. For a wee wanker who jumps all over others' tiniest slips, your face should be pretty red now, eh wot?

Yeah, you seem to have had experience at getting kicked out of countries that grew weary of you.

You are right, China could learn a lot from HK.

If Taiwan were to suddenly take back the breakaway provinces I wonder what job Ma would give to Lao Hu.

zhenlai = cn88longshao

Masturblurking…eh…eh…eh…eh…ahhhhh.

Did you just go insane? Mandarin is spoken by around 15% of the world's people. (China has about 20% of the world's population, but a number of Chinese really don't speak Putonghua.) Some U.S. business grad programs require study of the language.. It's in no sense a dead language. Besides, you obviously know history. When was ANYTHING ever "forever"? Even Hitler only promised a thousand tear reign for the Krauts.

Obviously your hatred for China is becoming pathological. There is no need to insult the people at every turn. You claim to be anti-government. You show yourself an enemy of the Chinese themselves. The only terms on which you are willing to deal with them is if they sell-out and become Western wannabees. This is pretty full of hybris and downright ugly.