I spent about 2 years total in China (over several periods) and a year in HK. In university, thought about working in China's tech industry but eventually decid

I spent about 2 years total in China (over several periods) and a year in HK. In university, thought about working in China's tech industry but eventually decided there were better opportunities in the UK, for a variety of reasons. I did like living in China though, and after 2 years working in the UK considered moving back. Spent 2 weeks in Beijing in 2014 and checked out the local startup scene a bit. Unlike this guy I didn't really optimise my trip, I just went to a coworking space and asked people there if they knew of any big tech meetups (London has multiple meetups every night, with one big one (100s of attendees) at least once a week). Things seemed much quieter in Beijing - there were maybe 2 or 3 small tech events each week listed on meetup.com, for example. Maybe locals are meeting up with some other site, idk. The other big reason is there seems to be on average, a lower level of investment in people and processes. In the West I've seen companies that were clearly in for the long haul, where the management really tried to put good systems in place, attract good people, train them, etc, and companies which were more opportunistic, weren't picky about who they hired, had a band-aid approach to problems, etc. Chinese businesses seemed skewed towards the latter (this seems like a developing country thing, it will be interesting if they become more like Japan as they develop). Oh, and the latest ruling clique appears much more Marxist than their recent predecessors. That's not a promising trend.