29 pages of total nonsense, i stopped reading after 3, cannot stand it...gokunming used to be a good source of info, now it is only commercial crap and weirdos.

www.fbt-chinavisa.com.hk
try that one, they are very fast, you dont even need to spend the night in hk..

@ dudeson s
The sound of chinese is perfect for music compositions, very complicated words can rhyme with easy words creating a perfect base for poetry/music.
About the literature you dont need to go that far until lao zi or the art of war, there are wonderful modern books like "to live" for example, zhang yi mou made a beautiful movie about it.
Finally i think studying chinese to me (especially at the beginning) was like when I traveled in some countries and I discovered music and art completely disconnected from the one I experienced before. So basically opening a new world or becoming a new person, that is lifeblood to me.

omg now even learning languages is a waste of time. so how can you feel integrated in a place if you are not able to speak the common language? sure english is good for tourism or academic world, but i believe making the effort to learn the language shows your respect to the locals and to the place you live. In case of chinese then it is an extremely beautiful language full of wisdom, philosophy,culture...studying is hardwork but it is a wonderful exercise for our brain/soul.

I've been working in China for many years and I've never heard about ANY foreigner who has been deported (not even fined) because he was working in a a school as a teacher on an illegal work visa.
I actually know of people being deported because they were doing some work on a student visa, I wouldn't encourage doing that.