The 1980s were an extraordinary time of hope in China, both for its citizens and for foreign visitors. Anne Stevenson-Yang first went to China in 1985, where she was enchanted by the lively cultural scene and what seemed to be the growing openness of the country’s political system. But there’s very little of that optimism left.

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Since June 2023, authorities in China have registered 546 generative artificial intelligence algorithms. As the pace of registration accelerates, the breadth of their applications is also expanding. However, the…

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The U.S.-China relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world, but it is at its worst point since President Richard Nixon visited in 1972—more than 50 years ago. Getting the relationship right is not easy, but getting it wrong is not an option. Universities have an opportunity and a responsibility to help, but they face headwinds. COVID closed the borders for three years, with only a trickle…

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UPDATE: March 5, 2024

This article tries to clarify the impact of a criminal record on your application for a Hong Kong residence visa

Used to be no – but now the game has completely changed.

Criminal records now must be disclosed across all visa types.

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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the major spokes of Beijing’s multi-trillion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an ambitious attempt to remake global trade and transport infrastructure. CPEC’s terminus is Gwadar, a port city in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, near the Iranian border. The plan for CPEC is to connect Gwadar with Xinjiang, the enormous “Uyghur Autonomous Region,” through a network of highways, railways, and pipelines. CPEC…

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As OpenAI’s video generation tool Sora showcases the artificial intelligence giant’s capabilities, Chinese short video giant ByteDance is actively launching its own image and video AI tools. In recent weeks, ByteDance has introduced a text-to-image generation AI model called SDXL-Lightning. Additionally, the Chinese…

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No way, for sure not  – it simply is not the way the process works…

Your Hong Kong employment visa belongs to you, not your employer. They are just responsible for the sponsorship.

If the relationship with your employer sours for any reason and your employment…

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Although this case study is based on a situation I was asked to provide guidance to many years ago, its content is still relevant today.

 

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One of the more upsetting parts of being a Hong Kong immigration consultant is learning that one family member alone, due to an unfortunate combination of circumstances, finds herself the odd one out by not having been able to correctly manage her visa status here – and all, essentially, through no fault of her own.

QUESTION

“Hi,…

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This article presents solutions to missing periods of residence when it comes about a Hong Kong Right of Abode Application

The essential approvability test for a Hong Kong Right of Abode application is that you have been continuously and ordinarily resident in the HKSAR for a period of…

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