"emigrating to the US pretty much quadruples your standard of living after a few years of work" ... to which I counter that right now a good Chinese CS graduate

"emigrating to the US pretty much quadruples your standard of living after a few years of work" ... to which I counter that right now a good Chinese CS graduate from a major university can have a way better quality of life back in Shanghai than in the US. That is, if you're into the whole join-a-big-company-and-get-a-career-and-family thing, which most Chinese I know seem to be into.