Yes, Portugal and Spain offer similar bait deals, but the price is higher in Spain. The Chinese win out other us either way, they can get an EU passport for simply buying property in Portugal or Spain, but if we as british people in China buy property we can't get a green card/passport or residency of any kind, no matter you have been there 10 years or longer. They are extremely crafty in this way.

Yes, all of what you have said is true. Morteover, we will always be outsiders here in China both in the eyes of government officials and many local people. After leaving the small city where I had been working, my train was passing through Zhangzhakou, Hebei Province, when I happened to see some rail travellers on a platform using their cellphones to take photos of a goods train transporting tanks and other military vehicles. Those photographers were extremely delighted with what they had seen! I was so disappointed by this!