（每日一读）2014年3月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 社会生活 加拿大将终结贷款换永久居留权的政策.docVIP

加拿大将终结贷款换永久居留权的政策 Wealthy Chinese looking for an escape route from their native land -- and there are hundreds of thousands in this class -- received bad news last week: the Canadian government decided to terminate a deal that essentially allowed foreign millionaires to loan 800,000 Canadian dollars (or a little less than $730,000) to the Canadian state for five years in exchange for permanent residency. 在当下中国的富豪阶层中存在着千千万万寻求移民的富人们——但是他们得注意了，坏消息表明，加拿大政府最近决定终结一项外国百万富翁通过在5年中不间断地为加拿大本国提供80万加元（略微比73万美元少一点点）的贷款而换取永久居留权的政策。 ? Ottawas cancellation of the immigrant-investor program means that 65,000 pending（未决定的） applications will be left unprocessed. The majority of these unprocessed visa appeals are from mainland Chinese. ? So whats a poor rich Chinese to do now? The China Daily, the governments English-language mouthpiece（喉舌，代言人）, described Canadas cancelation as unfair in a Feb. 17 headline. But immigration agencies in Beijing, with their plush offices in the central business district, are hawking plenty of alternatives. ? One option lies just south of the Canadian border. Chinese who invest as little as $500,000 and employ 10 people in a rural or struggling part of the US can secure EB-5 investor visa, which can lead to green cards. Two major emigration consultancies in Beijing, Globe Visa and Cansine Immigration, are recommending the US now that Canadas immigrant-investor option has shuttered. ? Then there are the financial laggards of the EU that are so desperate for a bailout that they are basically selling residency to cash-endowed Chinese for as little as $100,000. Count nations like Latvia, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus in this distressed category. With less cash than it takes to buy a tiny apartment in the outskirts of Beijing, Chinese investors can acquire residency in one European locale, as well as eventual freedom to roam most of the E.U. without a visa. ? Even pricier destinations hold allure（诱惑力）. A Cansine representative noted that Britain is proving fashion