M mayforth New Member Jan 13, 2006 #1 Would being dismissed from a Chinese university for arguing Taiwan and Tibet should be independent sufficient for getting US asylum status.
Would being dismissed from a Chinese university for arguing Taiwan and Tibet should be independent sufficient for getting US asylum status.
T thankful Registered Users (C) Jan 14, 2006 #3 Holding the position that Taiwan should be another country would certainly be political opinion within the meaning of the asylum law. The problem for you would be to prove persecution. Caselaw from the 1980's says that academic dismissal from a college by itself is not persecution.
Holding the position that Taiwan should be another country would certainly be political opinion within the meaning of the asylum law. The problem for you would be to prove persecution. Caselaw from the 1980's says that academic dismissal from a college by itself is not persecution.
