Shanghaiist: Shanghai considering offering permanent residency to "qualified experts" http://shanghaiist.com/2009/01/20/shanghai_considering_offering_perma.php All comments for Shanghai considering offering permanent residency to "qualified experts" en-us 2009 shanghailaine Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:30:00 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss elaine@shanghaiist.com elaine@shanghaiist.com 60 stung http://shanghaiist.com/2009/01/20/shanghai_considering_offering_perma.php#comment-1567227 http://shanghaiist.com/2009/01/20/shanghai_considering_offering_perma.php#comment-1567227 Comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:13:16 +0800 <p>"They also need to be a local taxpayer who's made contributions to Shanghai's social security program on a monthly or yearly basis." - my income taxes are massive. if anything, i've paid for my right to live here, working for the gov't part time for several years now. do we even get any benefits from all our "contributions"????</p>