Even if the govt was willing, most Thais just don't have the money that would be needed to get a proper theoretical and practical education. So yeah, that's not gonna happen.
I had my German passport issued in Hongkong. So far when asked about this in various forms I always put in Germany as place of issue and never had a problem. So I'm guessing she should have China in.
Anonymous participant Ok, that makes sense. If it was only to extract another 20k from you, it's still a scam tho. But probably not much you can do about it.
Yes, that's no good and if don't have a HKID, as far as I understand you need to apply from Germany and follow their local embassy rules, which appear to be a little bit different than HK (I looked it up before briefly)
Well with the price of a DTV you don't actually need to commit for five years. Why the OP does not want to visit the country for a short stay before pursuing that route is beyond me though...