'Golden' path to American Dream for the Chinese may disappear soon

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.