Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home

Re:Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home by djroomba on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:04PM (#16126720)

Being only part chinese, I can tell you unless you are full han chinese, you will have a hard time on the mainland, regardless of how much chinese/mandarin you know.

Edit: Im not going to share personal stories, I dont want my relatives there to suffer for anything that gets reported back.

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Re:Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home by fredliu on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:11PM (#16126790)

I heard the other side of the story that ABCs could have a hard time in China, because they look just like full han Chinese, but when people find out you are not really "Chinese Chinese", attitudes/expectations/behaviors change.

Edit: I guess I should say "attitudes/expectations/behaviors change, for the better or worse"

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Re:Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home by jdtang13 on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:23PM (#16126912)

This doesn't seem super true in my opinion, but I could be wrong. I think that a lot of native Chinese actually lower their expectations around ABCs and are pretty interested in asking questions about American culture.

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Re:Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home by fredliu on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:36PM (#16127050)

I think what you said just confirmed my point: Is "Lower their expectations" necessarily a good thing? Especially when we are talking about under a professional environment. "He's really an American, he doesn't really understand how to be a good manager for a team of native Chinese" doesn't sound like an advantage to me.

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Re:Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home by bilbo0s on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:09PM (#16126765)

I can attest to this.

Unless you are a 6 foot plus black guy with a wicked three point shot... do not go to China to make your fortune if you are not Chinese. Go to China to ASSIST someone ELSE in making a fortune instead. You'll be a good deal more successful.

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Re:Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home by seanmcdirmid on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:13PM (#16126813)

Well, unless you are dashan maybe, but even he went back to Canada eventually.

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Re:Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home by mylons on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:07PM (#16126754)

i am completely ignorant of why you said this. care to expound on why you'd have trouble?

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Re:Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home by jdtang13 on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:22PM (#16126893)

Do you have any enlightening stories to share?

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