FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — China is well known for its wrongs. An appalling human rights record and endemic corruption come to mind.

But China is also known for its opaque top-down political leadership, which makes it impossible for any outsider to know exactly what’s going on within the communistic monarchy.

It’s possible, therefore, that when it comes to reading the tea leaves on China, the rest of the world could get it wrong — China’s so-called “three illegals” immigration crackdown on foreigners, currently underway, could very well be one such case.