sell a boat to a Vietnamese without the sale being registered. If anyone was caught doing this they would be "punished". There was no differentiation in the treatment of Vietnamese who were ethnic Chinese from others save that the former might still be allowed to stay on the resettlement farms if they had close relatives living there. Some Vietnamese e.g. former soldiers, were given political asylum in China. No documents are required to buy bus tickets from towns in Guangxi to other places in China (save for Shenzhen), It is possible to buy forged Shenzhen entry permits in Guangxi.
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It is clear that the new hard-line Central Government policy is implemented differently in different parts of China. Indeed even the implementation date varied (early 1989 in 2hangiang and the last quarter of 1989 in Beihai). The figure of 70,000-odd Vietnamese turned back by the Chinese is not as helpful as it might appear. Most of the 40,000 turned back at the border were probably just crossing for a day's shopping and had little intention of coming to Hong Kong. Most of the 10,000 pushed off at sea no doubt made it to Hong Kong anyway. The Chinese officials actions seem aimed at minimising their own problems, if the Vietnamese are mobile they will be moved on and only if they are stranded will the Chinese repatriate them.
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