Grace,
“They seem to me to be coming over here to escape their oppressive government and it’s oppressive policies concerning child birth.”
In a way Grace, but,,, these are wealthy Chinese. They have no intention of staying here to collect on freebies. It seems they want their children to have a way to get out of China, if the need arises. I have several Chinese-born friends. They all learned English before they even applied to come here,,, legally, I might add. All of them are now proud American citizens. They’re all also Christens. And Conservative voters, who love the fact that they can vote, and that their votes count. The men are engineers, entrepreneurs, and business men. Not lawn mower guys. IOW, the kind of people we should welcome with open arms!
One thing i admire about Chinese culture and this applies to most all far east Asian cultures is that they make for damned sure that their children excel in learning and set the goal for them to support themselves after they leave the nest. That and they don’t fall into the “victim trap” other cultural minorities in this country fall into.
Other cultures, even our own could learn some things from this example.