Table 2.

The number of long-stay foreigners in Beijing in 1983, 1987 and 1995.

Source: author’s illustration, according to data from Beijing Local Chronicle, Politics and Law Volume, Public Security Chronicle (Beijing Local Chronicle Compilation Committee 2003)

	1983	1987	1995
Foreign experts and teachers	356	n/a	1114
Foreign engineers and technicians	146	n/a
Foreign students	1445	n/a	7406
Others	1974	n/a	20,505
In total	3921	12,076	29,025