Sounds like a lot of paperwork. But there are still some employers who let you do the medical in China, aren't there?
jwbhomer wrote:
At both universities I taught at, the school made all the arrangements and paid the costs. The hospitals were reasonably clean and the complete battery of tests only took a couple of hours. I think that beats running around and getting everything done "at home".
mike w wrote:
I arrived on a Z visa with no medical required in the UK. I was issued with a foreign experts certificate before I left the UK to present to the Chinese consulate in Manchester with my visa application. When I arrived, my employer arranged for a medical and paid for it - it took less than half an hour.
Don't understand what all the hassle is about.
Read "China Wakes" by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl Wudunn to see what all the fuss is about! They document how a businessman in charge of the Beijing Red Cross paid peasants to wash used hypodermic needles and re-seal them in plastic packaging to make them appear new.
Also, according to a 2001 Center for Disease Control report provided by the United States Embassy in Beijing it was common practice then in China for health care professionals to wash and reuse needles. It is still common practice today:
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