'Golden' path to American Dream for the Chinese may disappear soon
US govt considers changing rules for EB-5 investor visas to curb money laundering and visa-for-sale fraud
Beijing
THEIR son was barely a year old when Jehan Li and Mia Qi plunked down half a million dollars for the boy to have a shot at a brighter future in America - away from the grinding competition of a Chinese education and this city's smog-choked air.
Last December, having made just a single visit to the United States on their honeymoon, the Chinese couple took advantage of a US law, nicknamed the "golden visa", that doles out green cards to foreigners who invest US$500,000 in the US.
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