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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
by djroomba 9y ago
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.
- mylons 9y agoi am completely ignorant of why you said this. care to expound on why you'd have trouble?
- bilbo0s 9y agoI can attest to this. Unless you are a 6 foot plus black guy with a wicked three point shot... do not go to China to make your fortune if you are not Chinese. Go to China to ASSIST someone ELSE in making a fortune instead. You'll be a good deal more successful.
- fredliu 9y agoI 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"
- jdtang13 9y agoThis 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.
- fredliu 9y agoI 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.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoWell, unless you are dashan maybe, but even he went back to Canada eventually.
- jdtang13 9y agoDo you have any enlightening stories to share?