TAS ChinaWhy join
Twenty-one reasons to join.
Each of them begins with the same idea. A family alone has little bargaining power; a community that speaks with one voice has a great deal.
For members
What a member holds.
Written for Chinese families abroad: students, professionals, business owners, parents who have joined their children, and the generations born overseas.
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The journey home
Members travel home on fares we negotiate for the routes Chinese families actually fly, in the weeks they actually travel.
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Parents who visit
We arrange travel medical cover for parents who come to stay, so that a visit of three months is a pleasure and never a risk.
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Parents who stay
When your parents are at home and you are not, elder-care referrals put help within their reach.
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Money that arrives
A red envelope, a term’s tuition, a parent’s monthly support: transfers go through regulated providers and arrive when they should.
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One family, one conversation
Phone and data plans keep grandparents, parents and children in the same family chat across three time zones.
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A doctor who understands you
We help you find care in Mandarin or Cantonese, and we explain how the local health system is paid for.
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A credit history from zero
Your good name at home does not travel. We guide you to a first account and a record that lenders respect.
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Your degree, recognised
We guide engineers, nurses, accountants and teachers through having their qualifications assessed and accepted.
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Children at home in two languages
Heritage-language classes keep the generation born abroad able to read a letter from a grandparent.
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The first week as a student
A place to live, a phone plan, a bank account: what a student arriving alone needs first, set out in order.
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Study parents are not alone
Parents who accompany a child abroad find orientation and company among members in the same city.
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Tax season in two countries
We refer you to qualified professionals who understand income, property and family on both sides.
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Insurance you can read
Life, travel, home and motor cover through licensed providers, with the terms explained in plain language.
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A card that moves with you
One card is recognised by every house of the family. Move from Vancouver to Singapore and your membership moves too.
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Protection against fraud
Scam Watch describes the calls and messages that target Chinese students and families, and tells you how to check each one.
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Your consulate, explained
The Consular Desk sets out how to renew a document and book an appointment, without the guesswork.
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The associations behind you
Your hometown association, alumni body or chamber joins the network at no cost and stands with its members.
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No one buried without ceremony
Under the Mutual Aid Compact, associations stand together when a member dies far from home.
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Help when life goes wrong
TAS Foundation gives free first help to everyone, and fuller support in hardship to card-holding members.
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We never ask about status
Not on the form, and not on the card. Your information is stored outside mainland China and is never sold.
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Membership is free
One membership per adult, with children under 18 included on a parent’s membership. Join today.
For community leaders
Ten reasons for community leaders.
For the presidents, secretaries and elders of hometown, clan, alumni, student, cultural, faith and business associations.
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Your association joins at no cost
It keeps its name, its funds, its leadership and its independence.
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Benefits for every member
Each member of your association holds the card and all twelve areas of benefit.
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A reason for the young to join
Students and young professionals come for the card, and stay for the association.
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A seat in the regional network
Your association sits with the hometown, clan, alumni and business associations of your region.
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A voice in what we negotiate
Associations tell us what their members need most, and we carry it to the table.
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The Mutual Aid Compact
When a member dies far from home, your association does not stand alone.
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An orderly way to respond
The compact gives the community a settled way to act, in place of the emergency collection every committee knows.
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Visibility in your city
Newly arrived families and students find your association through the network.
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Guides in your members’ hands
The free guides, Scam Watch and the Consular Desk are yours to share at every meeting.
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Continuity
The oldest institutions of Chinese life abroad, strengthened for the generation that follows.