Date: Oct 23, 2007 12:41
Chasing the Chinese Dream
A Growing Number of the World's Emigrants Are Heading East, Rather
Than West, in Search of Safety, Tolerance and Opportunity
By Ariana Eunjung Cha
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, October 21, 2007; Page A16
YIWU, China -- For more than three years, Khaled Rasheed and his
family spent the nights huddled in fear as bombs exploded near their
home in Baghdad. Like generations of would-be emigrants before him, he
dreamed of a better life elsewhere. But where?
Finding a place that was safe was Rasheed's top priority, but openness
to Islam and bright business prospects were also important.
It wasn't long before he settled on a place that had everything he was
looking for: China.
For a growing number of the world's emigrants, China -- not the United
States -- is the land where opportunities are endless, individual
enterprise is rewarded and tolerance is universal.
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