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Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/22/467113401/lo-mein-loophole-how-u-s-immigration-law-fueled-a-chinese-restaurant-boom
TIL laws restricting Chinese people to merchant visas made many Chinese restaurants in the U.S. These visas were only for fancy shops and the person had to run it for a year. Some groups used all their cash to open a nice restaurant and then switch who ran it each year so that they’d all get visas.
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Yes and the 18 year old Chinese foreign student totally bought that $1.8M dollar house as their primary residence for their four-year program of study. Definitely NOT as an investment instrument for their family in China. Perish the thought.
I hope English is a second language for you.
It’s almost like the local governments cared if citizens had a chance. Who sould have foreseen today’s problems… cough cough dollar store