Yes, she would. But as far as I know, that pension will have been frozen. I think she'll be advised by the UK Visa Office in Beijing what would be required. And the advice would be given her orally in Chinese. I'm sorry to say I'm too bored by all this to continue discussing it, but maybe others will respond.

I've enquired on ESLTB what would happen if one died in the PRC with a western passport. Ashes by plane to one's homeland, I reckon. That's no use if you're without family back home! But I won't go into it in more detail.

Sorry to hear that you're bored, Foxy; it was just that you have had a lot to say about pensions, and because nobody normally answers you, I thought that I should do you the courtesy; but fair enough, I will cease; anyway, sadly, nobody else would be interested in the subject.

As for the 'ashes by plane' concern, that you expressed- from what I read a couple of years ago, the Chinese expect the family/friends to actually pay for the body of the Dearly Departed. I know that one FT's family didn't have the wherewithal to make such a purchase, and his body was flogged to medical research. The hospital and its Mortuary have their costs to cover ,you see. I suppose eventually ashes are flushed down the drain...but not all at once.