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China's F-Visas -- Put A Fork In Those Babies

The Wall Street Journals' China Blog just did a post on China's current visa situation, entitled, "Visa Saga." The gist of it is that securing F-visas and tourist visas has gotten much more difficult and that multiple entry visas are becoming nearly... ...full story at China Law Blog

from China Law Blog on Thu, May 15 2008

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