On: Leaving China

[jimbob45]

Expats expect to come home at some point in their lives. Emigrants (the word I think you were looking for) leave for good.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/97835/difference...

[carlmr → jimbob45]

>Emigrants (the word I think you were looking for)

Emigrants leave and immigrants come. It's two sides of the same coin. You can't emigrate without immigrating. Except if you manage to become stateless and remain on international territory.

Migrants is just the term without the direction. Which is unnecessary if you're not talking about the country they leave or move to.

[hahaxdxd123 → jimbob45]

If he had a family there, it seems to me like he was a migrant until the political circumstances forced him out.