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Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home

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219 points thisisit | 6 comments | 11 Jan 18 16:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source | bottom
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ggregoire ◴[11 Jan 18 18:59 UTC] No.16126672[source]▶
Why would they stay? China is seeing a huge boom in the tech industry and it's only the beginning. The future is there, not in SV. I'm kinda jealous of my friends who learned Chinese in college and are now working there.
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1. humanrebar ◴[11 Jan 18 19:05 UTC] No.16126735[source]▶
Given the habits of the Chinese government, do you think Chinese software and information services will be popular outside of China?
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2. holydude ◴[11 Jan 18 19:07 UTC] No.16126749[source]▶
They do not need to be popular. They can just buy shares or even fusion with their EU/US counterparts.

The problem is we are too damn stupid to realize that we cant allow chinese protectionism anymore

3. geogra4 ◴[11 Jan 18 19:18 UTC] No.16126859[source]▶
I think that's a little unfair to characterize the Chinese government as uniquely nefarious. NSA's Prism gives the US Gov't free reign over troves of information held by US based software and information services companies.
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5. humanrebar ◴[11 Jan 18 20:30 UTC] No.16127522[source]▶
I didn't set up any kind of false choice. It's possible that Western Europe, for instance, decides to stay away from both.
6. lurr ◴[11 Jan 18 21:26 UTC] No.16128048[source]▶
> I think that's a little unfair to characterize the Chinese government as uniquely nefarious

It's not at all. We can still criticize the US government for their actions.

You actually couldn't do that in China.