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China-Japan-Koreas
China cracks down on illegal immigrant labor
2008-08-05
You know things are bad when you're moving to China to work illegally.
Firms that employ foreigners without work permits could face fines of up to 50,000 yuan (US$7,300), the Guangzhou public security bureau said yesterday. Many companies in Guangdong province seek to employ people from Africa, the Middle East, Vietnam and Myanmar because of low wages.
What, $250/mo for locals too expensive?
The exit and entry department of the provincial bureau of public security said it planned to set up a database foreign visas, departures and entries.
Why can't we do this in America?
The move is targeted at curbing the growth in foreign workers and crime, Nanfang Daily reported yesterday.

Guangdong police told China Daily that the employment of foreign workers without permits had been rising rapidly in recent years. Nanfang Daily said local companies have been told to strictly abide by relevant Chinese laws and regulations on the employment of foreigners. "Fines meted out to employers of foreigners without work permits will be as high as 50,000 yuan," the paper said.

Employers will also have to bear the cost of repatriating the illegal workers.
Why can't we do this in America?
In April, police in Zhuhai discovered a company had hired 62 Vietnamese workers without proper documents. The company was fined 45,000 yuan. Guangzhou Daily said authorities in Zhuhai had investigated 18 such cases in the past year. A total of 170 Vietnamese were found without work permits.

Guangdong, as a leader in the nation's reform and opening up campaign, is a top employer of foreigners, but their illegal numbers have also been on the rise, the paper said. Last year, Guangdong police investigated 7,940 cases involving foreigners suspected of illegal immigration, residence, employment, and doing business without approved documents.

Last month, police discovered three companies in a premium office building in the city's busy Huangshi Road were employing foreigners without permission.

Zhang Jie, dean of the school of economics of Jinan University, said the number of foreigners who work in Guangdong will continue to grow because of demand. Most of them are hardworking and demand relatively low wages. "Guangdong is unable to shut down or move out all of its labor-intensive companies in the near future; that is why foreign workers are popular," Zhang said.
Posted by:gromky

#4  Compare wid TOPIX > CHINA, PHILIPPINES ARE THE TOP SOURCES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION; + ILLEGAL MIGRANT [mostly Muslim] WORKERS THREATEN TO OVERWHELM MALAYSIAN BORNEO. Out of the local Sababh State's 3.0Milyuhn people, 1.0-1.5Milyuhn are estimated to be illegal, mostly Muslim migrants searching for work and new livelihoods, taxing already scarce or limited local resources and threatening to overwhelm the INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS.

Also from TOPIX > MALNOURISHMENT, JOBLESSNESS WORSENING IN THE PHILIPPINES + STUDY:GLOBAL WARMING WILL LEAD TO MORE WORLD INSTABILITY, VIOLENCE.

*GUAM SCOPE > despite appearances and rhetoric the contrary, 'tis more evidencias/indicias that SELF-DETERMINATION IS PROB THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE OF ALL, AND THAT GUAM'S PEOPLE MUST SOUL-SEARCH, DECIDE, AND CHOOSE ITS FINAL POLITICAL STAUS WID THE USA WHILE IT STILL CAN.

Anyone whom knows anything about USDOD/MIL PLANNING knows that the anticipated US MC RELOC to Guam is NOT inconsistent wid USDOD Plans to either stay or pull out of Guam, espec 2040-2050. IMO the telltale signs are already there that the USDOD will continue to LOCALLY PRIVATIZE WHILE ALSO DOWNSIZING VV GUAM. This is EXCLUSIVE OF ANY AND ALL OTHER REGIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL MILPOL FACTORS.

As an UNINCORPORATED US TERRITORY, Guam technically ranks one-step higher than a US MILITARY DEPARTMENT BUT ONE-STEP LOWER THAN A FULL "CORPORATED TERRITORY", AND TWO-STEPS LOWER THAN FULL "COMMONWEALTH" LEADING TO EITHER STATEHOOD OR INDEPENDENCE [or even FREE ASSOCIATION], LET ALONE A US STATE [top].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-08-05 23:13  

#3  Their technology may be lagging, but they obviously need to build some sort of great big wall to keep these buggers out.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-08-05 19:27  

#2  What, $250/mo for locals too expensive?

$250 a month? The central government-mandated minimum wage in Guangdong is $100 a month. In the interior provinces, it's $50 a month. In Vietnam? $30 a month. And in parts of Africa, the problem isn't wage levels - it's getting a job at all. The interesting thing about some restaurants in China is that I've run into Filipino lounge acts performing American standards. I suspect some of these folks are on tourist visas.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2008-08-05 16:04  

#1  They should try implementing a head tax. Always good to have something to apologize for once you have earned your success.
Posted by: Excalibur   2008-08-05 11:11  

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