On Aug 29, 2010, at 11:08 PM, Randall Gellens wrote:
At 8:51 AM -0700 8/24/10, Dave CROCKER wrote:
Let me get this straight. You are going to go to China and you
are /not/ going to do ANY site-seeing? If the answer is yes, I
think you have deeper problems than the visa...
I disagree. I'm not planning on any sight-seeing in China. I prefer
to do my sight-seeing in places where I can breathe. I have no idea
how common it is, but for personal travel (which I do a lot of) I
only go to places with smoke-free restaurants. More and more of the
world is available under this criteria.
Neither am I. I might go sight-seeing in China some day, but not this week.
If you are doing some site-seeing, you are a tourist. Saying you
are a tourist is, therefore, not lying.
I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that it depends on the
primary purpose of the visit. If it is a personal trip that I
choose, then I am a tourist. If my company sends me or I am
attending a conference, then it is business.
I think even that is an understatement. There's tourism < business < work, and
if you do even a tiny bit of the bigger item, you need that kind of visa. Don't
believe me? Try entering the US on a tourist visa, with the intention of doing
mostly sightseeing, but also some selling IETF T-shirts on a street corner.
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