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China updates its visa system for the first time in around a decade with the introduction of a new visa for STEM workers called the K Visa (english.www.gov.cn)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

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Get ready to learn Chinese, computer touchers. In all seriousness, this is a very interesting development as China starts looking at leveraging brain drain against the West. What's really interesting is that K visas don't need a sponsoring company, you can get the visa, move, then get a job.

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[–] xiaohongshu@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It just crops up in the last 48 hours all over the social media. Lots of fearmongering going on right now before the policy is even implemented (which is tomorrow, October 1st).

The only fair point I will make is that this K visa policy itself also came out of nowhere, seemingly following the US restricting their H1B visa issuance (actual announcement was back in August, though most people didn’t notice or even pay attention). There isn’t a lot of details about the why and the need for the policies and how exactly it will be implemented. So people immediately think the worst, that the Indians who want to seek better life in the US will now take advantage of China’s wealth.