I too have no idea what I am being charged. Actually, what happens is that it sort of still works. What do I mean by this? Well, about a quarter of the time it refuses to let me past the turnstile. I go to the kiosk. The person does something. Then it works. The only time it was a problem was when I asked for it to work properly, 'this card works only some of the time, can I replace it?' If I let it hobble along semi-functioning nobody asks me to do anything special.
The 5% growth figure is a manufactured illusion. It's nearer to 2% of real growth in reality, if that, and China has major structural and demographic issues plus stagnant wages and a slump in consumer spending. Anyone who has invested there (that includes me, sadly!) will be aware of this.
Financial markets are in a long term bear situation in the absence of any convincing government support, not the piecemeal measures that have been taken thus far. There's also a looming trade war with the US and the huge export surplus China has relied upon can't be expected to continue.
So I wouldn't expect China to provide loads of tourists in future until they get sorted. That is not going to be any time soon.
I think many more countries allow dual citizenship now than don't, and I know some have recently relaxed their rules on that.
In any case, even if they have very little money, how could they not see the benefit of never having to waste any time or money on visas and work permits and all the other hassles in daily life thrown up by not being a citizen?
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