amused - 2016-06-08
In response to Re residence permit (Odd Bob Job)

1) They are obviously interested in closely monitoring your activity.
2) The local police can cancel your residency permit an any time.
3) It matters not at all whether their actions are in accordance with the regulations established in Beijing.

That's cheered me up no end! They told me it wasn't for to spy on me but to keep me well and happy. I shall trundle along on my own to see them every fortnight. The will however need to hire an interpreter an they speak no English and I speak no Mandarin and the wife won't accompany me as a matter of principle. It's a nice walk actually with a shop on the way back selling warm beer for 3.5 yuan a bottle and some nice shady glades with a concrete retaining wall I can sit on to drink it. But if the the other poster is right i should be able to move to the main city when i get the permit.