China and The Bahamas sign "mutual visa waiver"

[s/v 'Faith']

I read in "the Abaconian" that the Bahamas and China signed an agreement to allow visa free travel by citizens. I suppose this might mean more Chineese visitors, and a great opportunity for a Chineese speaker / boat captain to get a work visa if they were inclined.

Link to Bahamas government site with the story.

...China’s Vice Foreign Minister Xie said the agreement is a new step in the bilateral relationship of The Bahamas and China.

“It will facilitate the people-to-people exchanges between our two countries. More and more Chinese visitors and investors will come to the beautiful Bahamas,” he said....

Might be some real opportunity if you speak Chineese.

[zboss]

It's for foreign banking. It's illegal for certain countries citizens to own or buy Chinese stocks directly so instead they use a form of derivatives where you basically hold a paper saying you own shares in a Bahamian private bank, which then holds the Chinese stocks.

This is big business. Any actual travel between the counties for tourism is simply a minor plus.

[boatman61]

Hey... decent Cantonese restaurants... at last..