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A comment on Ask HN: Those who moved careers from the West to China, what's your experience?.

Re:Ask HN: Those who moved careers from the West to China, w... by witcherchaos on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:04AM (#19501513)
I am curious, why not japan or South Korea? Or even Taiwan, which google is now opening offices there?
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Re:Ask HN: Those who moved careers from the West to China, w... by jaxbot on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:12AM (#19501608)
Google has offices in Shenzhen, too. And one could debate whether Taiwan is a country or part of China.

But that aside, the pull seems to be China's incentives and access to local hardware manufacturing. Not just the idea of living in Asia instead of the West.

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Re:Ask HN: Those who moved careers from the West to China, w... by koala_man on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:17AM (#19501692)
>one could debate whether Taiwan is a country or part of China

At least we can while we're in the west

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Re:Ask HN: Those who moved careers from the West to China, w... by torgian on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:23AM (#19501777)
And lower pay overall
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