Three days later he was granted the permit after producing documents, including his visa and Chinese passport.
Though he travels on a Chinese passport, half of his wealth is invested abroad.
This was not possible however, since Pandatsang was in possession of a Chinese passport.
Some are said to have been ginseng merchants in disguise who came using Chinese passports.
The "Form 97-2" ordinary Chinese passport is a machine-readable passport.
He said he still kept his Chinese passport and would never apply for political asylum.
He has lived here ever since, though not as a political exile: he retains a Chinese passport and is free to travel home.
Abad would never return to the Philippines as he encountered trouble with his assumed Chinese passport.
"Much better than a Chinese passport."
He was the first known Irishman to hold a Chinese passport.
