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China has been doing this for a long time now. To get a leg up in the solar industry China provided research grants to the very best in the field as a way to l
by beilabs 8y ago
China has been doing this for a long time now.
To get a leg up in the solar industry China provided research grants to the very best in the field as a way to lure them over. Chinese investments in science and tech has skyrocketed in the last two decades.
* I was one of those people who moved to China for a few years to work in software over a decade ago.
- ainiriand 8y agoHow, if ever, you felt the lack of information freedom? Is it so polluted as it looks?
- donttrack 8y ago> How, if ever, you felt the lack of information freedom? Never really thought about it except those times I forgot to pay my VPN > Is it so polluted as it looks? Cleaner than my home town in Scandinavia. Was living in South part of China.
- beilabs 8y agoHad a personal VPN back then so I never had any problem there. Felt very polluted in Shanghai when I first moved there. Lived in Dalian which is one of the cleaner cities and had no issues. Moved to Beijing (before the olympics) and experienced no real issues either. I've lived in much more polluted cities since then.
- jjcc 8y agoJust back to Canada from China a week ago.Commercial VPN providers like StrongVPN, PureVPN are blocked now. But there's no problem using your own VPN or any private company VPN if that's an option. Environment is improving in general. Now local governments would give up economic benefit in exchange for environment protection which is quite different mindset than a decade ago.
- bigmanwalter 8y agoWhere would you advise someone to search for a software role in China? I figure Shanghai would be the central hub but I am curious if you had more specific advice!