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Should be pretty easy for any Chinese citizen to claim refugee status, no? I mean basically every Chinese citizen is being persecuted by their government.
Under international law, the US can't deport someone who is pending refugee status
International law seems pretty optional if you're a superpower.
It stopped Russia from traveling to Brazil
So Russians are not oppressed by their government?
Of course they are. Life is not a binary. International laws have impacts on superpowers too.
Russia is not a friend to America. America and friends can do what they want. Remember all the war crimes America didn't get punished for in Korea and Vietnam? Or in the middle east? Or south america? Or africa? Hell we probably did a few war crimes in antarctica.
Nah. We tried, turns out penguins are as sneaky and clever as they are vicious. Lost a battalion and a half. Cold wars coldest secret.
Eh, I heard from someone who works in Australia, processing asylum claims from Chinese nationals, that, many, many claims are rejected (not sure about other countries, and this is 2nd hand info, from years ago).
Basically, while it can be argued certain, and notable numbers of Chinese citizens are being persecuted, saying every Chinese citizen is being persecuted is a bit of a stretch. Even if various freedoms are not granted in China.
The average Zhang, Wang, Li and Zhao can go about their lives with some differences to here in the west, but it's not as extreme as people portray on the internet. Most people live their lives in much the same way as they do elsewhere in the world.
Things don't have to be extreme in order to still be criticisable, in my opinion. Just like things aren't complete shit in the US, but there's a lot to criticise.
In summation, no, most Chinese immigrants wouldn't qualify as asylum seekers fleeing political persecution.
Inb4 the tankies and "China Bad" idiots: reality is nuanced, deal with it.