I lived in China for a while. Inventing and entrepreneurship is harder there to get going because of current social trends, but if you make it, you make it huge. One U.S. dollar is equal to 6.8 Chinese RMB right now, and the purchasing power of 1 RMB is about the same as 1 USD, or at least was when I was there a few years ago. That means if you build something with wide appeal that can sell in markets with stronger currency (or even just HK/Shanghai/Beijing), you make it bigtime. Riskier? Yes. But the potential quality of life you can build in a short time is ridiculously wonderful if you make some breakthroughs.