For my youth, I always thought the tide would break and things would get better in the U.S., I am now 32 and the re-election of Donald Trump has caused me to completely give up on The United States politically. The U.S. seems hell bent on hanging on to global hegemony even at the cost of collapse rather than bring it down for a soft landing. I believe fascism is here, and it's only going to get worse as material conditions deteriorate and elites divert the rage of the masses against scapegoats such as immigrants and trans people.
Nursing is an in demand job on just about any government's web site. After the re-election of Donald Trump I enrolled in college in order to get a degree in nursing and leave this hell hole permanently. I am half way towards getting my associates degree.
I don't want my tax dollars to continue to be used for genocide, imperialism, mass surveillance, police brutality and corporate subsidies.
Part of me feels like I should stay and resist but I don't think I can stop the rising tide. I've watched friends and family become monsters despite my best efforts.
I do not feel safe in The United States and I believe that I need to leave as soon as possible for my family's as well as my own material well being.
As a compromise to my husband and mother I have chosen Canada, which I'm not happy about. But me and my husband have agreed that it is not forever, we chose Canada because of their ease of immigration and quick recognition of U.S. credentials, as well as there being no language barrier. From there we will search for our forever home. Right now escape and survival are our main concerns.
In my heart I would love to move to China, or Vietnam, but with the information I have it seems basically impossible as a U.S. citizen to do so.
I'm curious what your guy's thoughts are?
Hi, certified US born chinese mixed working to get their chinese citizenship here. Unless you marry into China and get permanent spousal residency, or you have close family members and can claim heritage properly, or you do something so amazing for the people of China specifically that you essentially earn your place amongst the Maos and Xis of the world, you probably aren't getting a Chinese citizenship. And it can be a real hassle getting any kind of residency beyond a couple-year at a time work visa.
That being said get some years of nursing under your belt, get your four-year nursing degree/license, and there's a decent chance you can get to Vietnam if not China at least for a long while. You won't have a forever home in China unless, again, you impress the CPC so much they just give you one, but it's a pretty good life for foreigners on work visas while you're here. You pretty much save 80-90% of all income (seriously, most companies you work for pay for a fully furnished apartment for you [because it's also really difficult to find landlords to rent to foreigners, china isn't as bad as Japan but there's still racists]) you make, and they pay pretty close (within 30%) of what you'd make in the US for the same role. So you can save up quite a bit of money before moving back.
I'm currently in the Choctaw nation after a stint in China since I need to exit and renter for my next visa, and I just live off the savings of what I made over there.
To answer your direct question though... Yes, escape the imperial core if you have any possible ability to do so. If you can even just get to the outer edges of the imperial core you're going to be much better off than staying within a dying empire that has spent the last hundred years destroying not only its foundational classes but the ability for said classes to ever organize sans empire.
Although it's worth noting that getting PR in Hong Kong is a lot easier.