visa scrutiny does not imply xenophobia

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1、VisaScrutinyDoesNotImplyXenophobiaBEIJINGMunicipalPublicSecu-rityBureauannouncedinMayacrackdownonforeignersillegallyentering,residingorworkinginthecapital.The100-daycampaignlastedtotheendofAugust.Legalcampaignstorootoutillegalaliensareroutineprocedurethroughoutth

2、eworld.ThisisbynomeansafirstinChina;similarprogramshavingbeenrolledoutinmajorcitiessuchasGuangzhouandChongqingwhereforeignersconverge.Certainforeignmediareportingonthislatestdriveinterpretitasaxenophobicexpressionofrenewednationalism.OneAmericanmagazinemadethedra

3、maticobservationthat,“Anewwaveof‘xenophobic’sentimentissweepingacrossChina.”swathesofIllegalAliens“High-speedeconomicdevelopmenthasmadeChinaanewdestinationfor‘illegalaliens,’”accordingtoStateCouncilcounselorMaLi.A7recentarticleintheWallStreetJournalconfirmsthatCh

4、inaisarelativelyeasyplaceforforeignerstoliveandwork,especiallywithitsbuoyantdemandforlanguageteachers.Thepastdecadehasseenayearly10percentincreaseinChina’sexpatriatepopulation.In2011ithit27.11million.Thisinfluxincludesacriminalelement.TheMinistryofPublicSecurityr

5、ecentlyrevealedthatin1995,unregisteredforeignersinChinaexceeded10,000–anumberwhichby2011stoodat20,000.Statisticsshowthatacertainproportionoftheforeignersthathavecomeunderscrutinysmuggledthemselvesintothecountry,workedillegallyoroverstayedtheirvisas.Somealsoentere

6、dwithspecificcriminalintent.Thereasonwhyforeignersoverstayisoftenbecausetheymisconstruethewordingontheirvisas.Many,however,knowexactlyhowthesystemworks.ForeignersillegallyenteringChinaaregenerallyfromneighboringcountries.Manyofthosewhofindemploymentaslan-　guagete

7、achers,entertainersor7domestichelpersworkingillegallyontouristorstudentvisas.notexclusivismDespitebeingastandardpublicsecurityprocedure,themostrecentvisascrutinycampaignhaspromptedanoutragedresponse.Someregarditasa“Sino-foreignconfrontation.”Otherscompareitwithth

8、eso-calledBoxerRebellion–axenophobicreactiontoWesternencroachmentsonChinamorethanacenturyago.Bothignorethefactthatsuchscrutinymerelyrootsoutforeignersillegally