China’s Upcoming Economic Tsunami

In a recent conversation with a trusted colleague who has been practicing immigration law in Southeast Asia for many years, he used the word “tsunami” to describe what he foresaw in China’s economic future.  Such a perspective defies the conventional wisdom espoused by many in the EB-5 legal and business development community, in which there has been a consensus that China is currently saturated with the weight of too many – hundreds! – of EB-5 projects, most of them from Lamesville.I agree with my colleague, and the perception that China’s EB-5 investor pipeline is slowing do…

Bo, Chen Headlines = More Restless Chinese Look to EB-5

With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in China today giving them another version of the human rights lecture the Chinese government is sooooo over, the ever-growing buzz about a “Plan B” for their children is again amping up within the walls of affluent Chinese homes.  While China is a country which does NOT have to worry about “brain drain” via emigration (simply because of its staggering population numbers) — and while Chinese EB-5 investment is a cornerstone of inbound U.S. investment — it is time for the Chinese government to understand that its inaction is nonetheless triggering a relatively important exodus of its best and brightest.I told you guys about Mr. Bo’s Wild Ride last week; now it’s a blind attorney, Chen Guangcheng, who’s the subject of whispering within co…