I just finished watching "Partners in China" and I don't understand some parts very well. For example, towards the end, Meng Xiaojun said, "They think everyone who comes to the United States

The United States does not have a household registration, ID card, or strict identity review system, because it is a country of immigrants, leaving a loophole. As long as you land, you are an American. If you go to the United States to travel and stay, as long as you don't commit a crime, no one will care about you. After 15 years, you will be issued a green card. Of course you can't find a decent job. Children of illegal immigrants can also go to school in the United States for free. Unlike China, it is impossible for children from the mountains to go to primary and secondary schools in Beijing. If you look at your household registration, you will know that you are an "untouchable". How could you be allowed to go to school in the capital of the empire? Your parents smuggled themselves to New York, and those S.B.s let you go to school in New York. Many Chinese people are directly in the United States through smuggling, traveling, etc. There are many overseas Chinese in Chinatown who cannot speak English their whole lives. Therefore, Americans used to look down on Chinese people, because most of them went to the United States as either middle- and lower-class workers or illegal immigrants.

In the past, when people from poor countries went to the United States, airport security was very strict. If anything is found to be wrong, stricter inspections will be carried out. Now there is no more, it’s all about consumption.