Brian,
Your really in a rare old pickle aren't you!! ...I've gone over and re-read the relevant post you have made regarding her refusal of you visiting China, before your a totally free man. I can see your racking your brain thinking about how to get more contact with her.
From everything else she writes to you, it's all full of encouragement, and telling how much she looks forward to meeting you. You said that she understands, and that she knows that your an honorable man, and that your committed to her etc,etc... Yet, she is reluctant to use an Internet cafe in order to get closer to you....
....My question is, why is she so adamant that you can't visit her before having this paperwork tucked under your arm?? I can understand this on one level of thought, but when your talking about 12 months or more, those thoughts get kicked into touch. If she thought that much about you Brian, she would be only too pleased for you to come visit her. Your not after all wanting her to stay in your hotel room while your in China are you?
It's as if she is encouraging you on the one hand, but closing all the doors on having a closer relationship together (apart from EMF's) on the other....
I think that you should think about the possibilities of what Willy has posted above, This could end up costing you a great deal of your hard earned cash. Seriously Brian, you need to start using your head on this one, rather than just the heart. So before i would be sending any money over to her, I'd be doing a hell of a lot of research, to find out exactly where i stand.... Have you ever asked if you can have her agency email address?? That is actually a part of her contract Brian with the agency, where the agency translates emails sent to her, and from her, ...and it costs you nothing. The EMF thing is just an added income from clients of chnlove to the agency. If there is a flat refusal from Hong, on using the agency email route Then i would have some serious doubts about her authenticity Brian. If you want to know what i would do in this situation, PM me and I'll tell you.
Oh, and what the others have told you about sending a laptop from the states is correct, for all the reasons they have stated and a couple more that i can think of!! .....So that should be a non-starter for you.
I guess you have lots to think about now Brian, but these points do need to be thought over, before you go sending money to China....
David.....