China aims to shake US grip on chip design tools

Re:China aims to shake US grip on chip design tools by mytailorisrich on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:11AM (#25219726)

Having lived in China and visited Japan on a number of occasion, my feeling is that it would be more difficult to live in Japan than in China as a Westerner.

I think that many people overestimate the impact of living under China's "autocratic regime" has on daily life. Especially if you're a Westerner there is no difference.

I have always felt that Japanese culture and society were more difficult to adapt to. China is much less rigid.

Obviously it's still a big cultural and linguistic change.

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Re:China aims to shake US grip on chip design tools by trevyn on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:35AM (#25219874)

Ah, we need to update the joke for the times, eh? Yes, for a Westerner there is no difference:

You can stand in front of the White House and yell "Down with Donald Trump!", and you will not be punished.

Equally, you can also stand in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and yell "Down with Donald Trump!", and you will not be punished.

Obviously it's still a big cultural and linguistic change.

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Re:China aims to shake US grip on chip design tools by mytailorisrich on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:46AM (#25219951)

Be dismissive all you want but you give an example that is quite irrelevant in daily life, which is my point.

If you're into political activism, sure China is not the place for you to move to. But look at the daily life of a typical American and the daily life of a typical Chinese and they will be boringly similar.

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Re:China aims to shake US grip on chip design tools by trevyn on Thursday November 26, 2020 @09:09AM (#25220132)

You may be underestimating the amount of time the typical American spends saying “Down with Donald Trump”.

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Re:China aims to shake US grip on chip design tools by kamaal on Thursday November 26, 2020 @10:38AM (#25220870)

As an Indian, it's one thing to curse a political leader in the comfort of your home. Totally a different thing to take to political activism on the streets.

In any country, barring dire situations, most people just want to wake up every morning and go do their jobs to put food on the table.

In India, most tech people don't even vote, let alone indulge in active political causes. Most of those people will do fine anywhere.

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Re:China aims to shake US grip on chip design tools by dragonelite on Thursday November 26, 2020 @12:19PM (#25221852)

I have seen how multiple countries handle their protests movement these last few years. Its the same everywhere people gather then the cops smash it.

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