Why do I not feel paranoid?

I have not been detained or deported. I don't feel paranoid. I don't feel the urge to look over my shoulder or wonder whether my neighbor is reporting a suspicious-looking foreign character who keeps odd hours.

In short, I don't feel any ripples of the wave of anxiety reported to be sweeping the expat community in Beijing following a three-month campaign to check on foreigners overstaying their visas or working illegally.

I don't carry my passport with me. For one full week recently, I didn't even have it - as my work visa was being renewed.