He white skin will give him an upper hand. Puhleeze dumbass.

Based on my understanding of this situation you are currently 24. How old is your wife? I ask because in order for you to obtain a license to have a baby in China, the man needs to be 25 and the woman needs to be 23. There are exemptions to this, for instance if you are a foreign national, but if you gave up your citizenship in another country, I am afraid you might now be in a weird no man’s land where you have an undocumented child in China. The article quotes you as saying one of your goals for your son is that you want him to attend one of the best schools in China. Without proper documentation that will be extremely difficult. You son is currently, not school age but I think that this could be an issue for you down the road…i.e. short sighted because you didn’t necessarily know the downstream consequences of your actions today.

In addition, who knows where things will be in 10 or 15 years, giving up your citizenship before you are in a position to have a ready alternative path of citizenship is short-sighted. Chinese regulations are often applied arbitrarily, therefore, I am concerned about your being able to acquire Chinese citizenship….if for no other reason than the Chinese government decides not to give it to you.

Overall, I wish you the best and I hope you are able to achieve your goals. I am concerned whether or not you have thought through all of the possible consequences of your actions, and to me that is why your thought process comes across as shortsighted.

The U.S. does not practice Universal citizenship, so if he renounced it, he can never get it back. He would have to immigrate just like anybody else.

Seriously retarded move.

He case is quite different from the better known condition of North Korean refugees, who are still nationals of their country. Koreans can be deported back to North Korea. In fact, if a North Korean living illegally in the country has a child with a Chinese national, their offspring can only get Chinese citizenship and hukou if the local police are provided with evidence of the Korean parent’s deportation.

This does not apply to [Lee]. From what I can tell, his condition seems more similar to those of the Burmese refugees down south. He has no nationality of any sort. Ordinarily, international law is supposed to prevent this from happening. Normally, you cannot renounce your citizenship unless another country is prepared to grant you citizenship.

I will simply assume he found some way around this.

That being the case, [Lee] cannot be deported because there is nowhere that will accept him. He has formally ended his status as a US national, meaning the US would not accept him even if China tried to send him there.

In countries which are signatories to 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, those in [Lee]‘s situation are given a gray UN book which shows their status and gives them the right to work without needing a visa. However, China is not a signatory to this convention. Neither is the US, actually – it seems very few countries are.

As such, it is up to China to decide how to manage [Lee].

I am not clear on the particulars, but I would assume he has been given some kind of documentation since he can travel. Some countries will issue travel-only passports to stateless persons that allow them to move about freely but stop short of conveying on them the full rights of a citizen. Perhaps these papers also grant him the right to seek employment and provide him with a number so he can pay into the insurance system.

Assuming they do not, then I would have to say that [Lee] is working neither legally nor illegally: he is simply existing in a crack that the Chinese government has absolutely no interest in addressing.

That crack ensures he can stay together with his wife and child, so I’d say he accomplished his mission.

God speed, dude.

And for anyone else who is considering renouncing their US citizenship, please make sure that you file a Form 1040 with the IRS every year. You must have filed every year for the last five years – even if you didn’t have to – or the US government will assume you are guilty of tax evasion and deny your request.

And now: “I do not work illegally.”

Things are not adding up here. You yourself claim that you have no visa, which would only make sense since your US passport, now invalid, is no longer able to bear foreign visas, and you seem to lack a Chinese passport or citizenship at this point. I suppose you would be able to qualify for a spousal visa since your wife is Chinese, but my understanding is that technically those do not grant the right of legal employment by themselves, but require sponsorship by a local company, and in any case you again lack a valid passport so it’s a moot point.

My IQ seems to be not as high as yours. Care to edify me? How can one work “legally” and earn 20,000RMB a month without a visa or a passport from one’s birth nation?

Now, my real concern is not with the author of this piece, but rather the incoherent gibberish that was spewed from the imbeciles who commented. Please, allow me to break down, quite articulately, why exactly every one of you are absolutely ridiculous and flawed in your responses.

Wombadan,
And why exactly is it that this is a “car crash”, as you put it? I love living in China and I love my family. Is there some fundamental reason that pursuing those things should be frowned upon? Perhaps, and this is just perhaps, you should think somewhat before you post next time. It could save you from looking like a dick.

King Baeksu,
I do not work illegally. Further, I never said that I “fraction integers”, what I stated was that my hobby was factoring integers. Rather yet, I said that my hobby was looking for ways to factor integers more efficiently than what is currently being done. I imagine that the author’s lack of knowledge in that field led to the mistaken print.

Fei MaiDe,
You never stated a reason why you pretend not to speak English abroad. You made quite the list of stereotypes that are applied to various categories that I fall into and then said that I should somehow know that eugenics does not work without citing any reason nor source to your claim.

Eugenics has worked for a good many billion years, it has worked under the titles of natural selection, animal husbandry, crop breeding and selective breeding. Luckily for you, I know what you are referring to when you say that it does not work. Unfortunately for you, that was not eugenics, but rather a witch hunt against an entire race that disregarded all of the tenets of selective improvement through breeding. That is to say for those less versed in the subject, your counter-argument is null and non-applicable. If you ever decide to read and think about something before you open your mouth or type a sentence again, please let me know. We could have a conversation.

Oh, and one more thing, the article stated that I am making 20,000 a month now. I was not making that when I first came here, I had to earn my way up the ladder through hard work and quality service. Now that we can afford to do so, I am paying my wife’s way through university. You seem to have not noticed that I am wanting to stay here rather than take her abroad.

The Good Doctor,
Why would they be any less interested in dating a foreigner from hearing my story? I take care of my family and responsibilities, I work hard and earn a decent income and I have taken steps to ensure that I will be able to continue doing those things in the future by becoming a Chinese national. If for some reason you feel that a loving father and husband are repellents towards Chinese women, you may be dating the wrong kinds of girls.

Alec,
My son appears Chinese all except for having light skin,large eyes and light hair. He is basically what every Chinese wish that they were. It may be that you have never met a mixed kid that lives in China, but they are treated very well. Other Chinese typically adore half-bloods.

Goodforhim,
Thank you for your complements. I somehow doubt that my I.Q. has remained where it was at that time as well. It is funny that that was even put into the article. If I remember correctly, my friend must have mentioned it rather than myself. It sounds awfully condescending, especially when added to the whole eugenics thing.

I am a eugenicist in the sense that I do believe in evolution and do not make a point of adhering to liberal creationism. Any man who has the slightest ability to reason should find it quite evident that there are those amongst us that are naturally more gifted. This giftedness can take many forms and, unless you believe that biology rolls dice, it is a result of genetics. These individuals appear across all races and classes, though their gifts and concentrations vary.

Dingles,
Evolution is not linear, there is no “better race”. The traits that I happen to find of value are spread out predominately amongst Caucasians and east-Asians. Though, it is more than simply choosing a partner that has those features, it also involves choosing a niche. If I chose a strong, tall, Nordic woman with a huge “wang”, it may give me stronger, taller and better endowed children, but where would they be? If you are superman but live on a planet full of super-heroes, it does not really make you that special. There are simply too many people competing for the same niche in that situation. I chose a niche that was untapped and offered a decent opportunity. Besides, not to be a braggart, but I am pretty physically capable, not a giant but of decent height and my “wang”, well, even if my son only receives partial dominance of that trait, he is going to be doing quite well for himself.

Andy,
And you sound like a faggot. You sound like someone who loves to take a large hard cock and stick it in their tight little faggot ass. The thing is, my conclusion of you is probably far more accurate than yours of me, even given that mine was stated in jest and to do nothing more than illustrate the uselessness of such comments.

Kirby,
Thank you for your kindness, your long, thought out, decision to post an insulting comment about someone you know nothing of was a shining example of the kind of thought process that is needed in the world. If only more people could take from your example and come online, posting insults to sully the image of those they do not know, the world would be amazing. The kind of place I would like top raise my son. You know, I think it is catching on. The other comments here seem to be following your lead!

I somehow doubt that any of you will ever come back and respond to me calling you out on your buffoonery. If you ever do, please, just stop and realize that I am a real person with real feelings. I made my own choices while following a path of my own choosing. There is no benefit that befalls you coming on here and insulting me, it is nothing more than bullying. As I already stated, I am a loving father, devoted husband and if you do not like that then, please, go fuck yourselves.