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Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home

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219 points thisisit | 3 comments | 11 Jan 18 16:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.006s | source
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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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djroomba ◴[11 Jan 18 19:04 UTC] No.16126720[source]▶
Being only part chinese, I can tell you unless you are full han chinese, you will have a hard time on the mainland, regardless of how much chinese/mandarin you know.

Edit: Im not going to share personal stories, I dont want my relatives there to suffer for anything that gets reported back.

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1. fredliu ◴[11 Jan 18 19:11 UTC] No.16126790[source]▶
I heard the other side of the story that ABCs could have a hard time in China, because they look just like full han Chinese, but when people find out you are not really "Chinese Chinese", attitudes/expectations/behaviors change.

Edit: I guess I should say "attitudes/expectations/behaviors change, for the better or worse"

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2. jdtang13 ◴[11 Jan 18 19:23 UTC] No.16126912[source]▶
This doesn't seem super true in my opinion, but I could be wrong. I think that a lot of native Chinese actually lower their expectations around ABCs and are pretty interested in asking questions about American culture.
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3. fredliu ◴[11 Jan 18 19:36 UTC] No.16127050[source]▶
I think what you said just confirmed my point: Is "Lower their expectations" necessarily a good thing? Especially when we are talking about under a professional environment. "He's really an American, he doesn't really understand how to be a good manager for a team of native Chinese" doesn't sound like an advantage to me.