China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024

Re:China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D... by satvikpendem on Monday October 12, 2026 @11:46PM (#50066391)

Move there, not sure taking language classes would help if you're still staying here.

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Re:China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D... by teaearlgraycold on Monday October 12, 2026 @11:48PM (#50066409)

Sounds like a horrible idea. You don't need to be in the #1 fastest growing country to have a good life and Asian work culture seems miserable.

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Re:China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D... by satvikpendem on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @01:30AM (#50067159)

Well that's what the parent seems to want, since they're the one asking, not me.

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Re:China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D... by soohamr on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @01:33AM (#50067178)

You don't need to speak Chinese to live in big cities.

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Re:China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D... by satvikpendem on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @04:09AM (#50068333)

Yes I know, that's not what I said though, with "here" being the US and "there" being China. Just taking language classes in the US for Chinese aren't likely to be helpful.

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Re:China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D... by Danox on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @02:20AM (#50067536)

You need to speak the language…

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Re:China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @02:24AM (#50067546)

You can totally get by on survival phrases. Many of my fellow foreign coworkers in Beijing could barely speak a few phrases and they did fine. Today it’s even easier than it was 20 years ago.

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Re:China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D... by soohamr on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @08:09PM (#50080726)

Exactly.

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