One day in 2021, a Chinese supermarket opened as usual on the Caribbean island, and the store was filled with goods from China, which both locals and Chinese like to buy here because of the good quality and low prices. The most prominent place was the cigarette counter, where cigarettes from neighboring countries were arranged, as well as Chinese brands, from which local Chinese people bought cigarettes to relieve their homesickness in the puffing clouds.
The owner of the supermarket, surnamed Meng, has been here for ten years, and now his wife and daughter have come from China, and the family has adapted to the life here. This island has four seasons and a pleasant climate, so in their spare time, the family goes to the beach for sunbathing and swimming, making life very comfortable.
Mr. Meng is the earliest Chinese who came here. Since the island has an area of only 200 square kilometers and tens of thousands of inhabitants, there are very few Chinese who come here, and there are only about 200 Chinese living here today.
But Mr. Meng said that although there are very few Chinese here, everyone is very united and will help each other. The Chinese have been rooted here for more than ten years by opening restaurants, supermarkets, trading companies and tourism companies.
The Antigua government provided a tax haven for “Sir Allen”, allowing him to evade taxes to the tune of $200 million.
This left the U.S. government helpless and had to initiate diplomatic sanctions, listing Antigua as a “money laundering threat”.
The Antiguan government immediately terminated its cooperation with “Sir Allen” and assured the US that it would regulate its own financial regulations in the future.
After all, Antigua was an island nation less than 10 years old at the time, and it was not inexcusable to make such a mistake. Seeing Antigua’s remorse, the U.S. government quickly removed it from the list of “money laundering threat countries”.
“Sir Allen” also had difficulty in Antigua, and had to turn himself in to the United States in 2009, and was sentenced to 110 years in prison for the $8 billion fraud involved.
This incident also passed, Antigua realized the undesirability of taking a detour, but after all, the days of making quick money to get used to, you let him honestly to grasp the economy, to promote production, not all of a sudden can change over.
So, the wise Antiguan people came up with a more convenient and legal way to make money – selling citizenship.
All you have to do is donate $100,000 to the Antiguan government and you can get a passport.
Some may say, doesn’t that give a lot of criminals a chance to run away? No, the Antiguan government has already learned from the past, and both ways are predicated on the applicant not having a criminal record, so the bad guys just don’t try to beat it.
Antigua is still the same tax haven, but it has become more sunny and legal, so you can avoid taxes legally and honestly.
Antigua, from being a rogue country with “speculation” and “no bottom line”, has successfully transformed into a sunny country with “legal tax avoidance” and “money”. I have to say that this is the effort of all the people of Antigua, and it is also the benefit of the peace-loving and money-minded people of the world.
Although there are only about 200 Chinese living in Antigua, there are more than that number of Chinese who already have Antiguan passports.
The vast majority of Chinese who apply for Antigua passports do not intend to live on the island, but rather to enjoy the benefits of this passport.
Antigua has no immigration control, so even if you don’t go to the island for a day a year, it doesn’t matter. The Antiguan passport in your suitcase will allow you to get visa-free access to more than 130 countries and territories, and can be used to apply for an Antiguan bank account, as well as being exempt from paying many taxes.
In this sense, Antigua is not only a new land for more than 200 Chinese, but also a secret garden for many more Chinese who secretly have island passports.
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