tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35777384.post1900112133695461365..comments2024-03-26T13:58:01.822-07:00Comments on The Dangerous Economist: Would You Pay $50,000 So Your Baby Can Be Born In The USA?Cyril Moronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148864847009186694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35777384.post-38231085600018085922017-12-29T18:00:54.528-08:002017-12-29T18:00:54.528-08:00Very interesting points. They really add to the to...Very interesting points. They really add to the topic. Thanks for reading and commentingCyril Moronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148864847009186694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35777384.post-73301173375480054732017-12-29T17:52:40.594-08:002017-12-29T17:52:40.594-08:00As far as I know, birth tourism is not a new thing...As far as I know, birth tourism is not a new thing for Chinese women. There have been dozens of companies that provide service for birth tourism near LA. These companies have translators, houses, nutritionists and agents etc. for Chinese pregnant women.<br /><br />Would you pay $50,000 so that your baby can be born in USA? My answer is Yes if I am still in China now.<br /><br />1. A lot of Chinese believe American education is much better than Chinese. They want to send their kids to American schools. However, international tuition is too high to be affordable by an average Chinese family. Going to American school is usually a choice for only rich people. But when my kid has US citizen, I don’t need to pay such high tuition. Take an example of University of California, Davis, international tuition of 169,736 ($42,434*4) four years compared with California resident tuition of 57,680 ($14,420*4) four years. The difference of 112, 056 is much higher than the birth tourism of $50,000.<br /><br />2. According to the American immigration law, I can apply for a permanent resident when my US citizen kid is at least 21 years old. It means that I will immigrate to America 21 years later after I deliver my kid. So I will enjoy my retired life in America. If I don’t have a kid with US nationality, I probably still will be in Beijing, the over crowded and heavily polluted city, after I am retired. Or try immigration by other ways that spend more money and time than birth tourism. $50,000 is very affordable for me to change my life for the better.<br /><br />3. Some Chinese mothers worry about their American kids cannot be accepted by Chinese public school system (k12) with low tuition (less than $500 per semester) so that they have to pay high tuition (more than around $5,000) for their kids to go to international schools in China. Fortunately, in Beijing, a kid with a foreign nationality is allowed to enroll into local public schools if the kid’s parents are both Beijing residents. So my American kid can go to Chinese public schools to get good quality of k-12 education and get college-level American education with resident tuition. (I prefer k-12 education in China and college-level education in America.)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com