No Chinese Dream: Chinese Elites Is Going U.S. To Give Birth But Realize It Wasn’t That Good

China’s nouveau rich including celebrities, officials, professors, doctors, business owners and media executives are leading China’s overseas birth tourism charge.

Here’s one of them: Lin Hao is a senior executive at a well-known enterprise in Fujian. And his wife will give birth to his second child in the U.S., making it an “American Baby.”

The motivation is obvious: U.S. citizenship.

He applied for a three month tourist visa and gathered every document he could imagine proving his income, employment, assets and ties to China. The visa is done. But had a problem at the entry.

"Wh didn’t you choose London or Morocco?" the official pressed him, "China’s policy has nothing to do with American law." Why should Chinese people who don’t pay taxes enjoy the benefits of American healthcare systme? Lin showed his bank deposit. Problem solved.

Lin Hao couldn’t stay with his wife for the three months she’d be in the U.S., so he arranged for her to stay at a Los Angeles confinement center. He paid a lump sum of 130,000 yuan for his wife’s stay at the center and hired a nanny to look after her and the baby after delivery.

That’s all. But Lin is not happy with the result. During his time in the U.S., Lin realized that America is in fact quite competitive and isn’t suited to lazy people. He explained that if you want your child to go to universities like Harvard or Stanford, it requires a lot of effort; especially since the child is at a disadvantage with foreign parents.

“Having U.S. citizenship doesn’t mean you can have the American dream,” he said. “These are two different things.”

Now you know it, my friend. But why did you do it at the first place?

(Source: eeo.com.cn)