Comments on: Is China About to See a Brain Drain? http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2012/09/19/is-china-about-to-see-a-brain-drain/ Business News, Analysis, and Insights from China Fri, 10 May 2013 15:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: George http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2012/09/19/is-china-about-to-see-a-brain-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-406437 George Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:00:27 +0000 http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/?p=3784#comment-406437 “expats in China have a short shelf life now unless they are either nationally established or can add value in China’s own emerging markets, which is the 4/5/6/7 tier cities” ….Jesus Christ Chris…every time you have a new “vision” you paste it all over the web. Expats come and go….impats stay and it really does not matter if they are in a first, second or third tier cities. What value have you added in China over the years.? What value? Your bullshit? For crying out loud…please stop posting commentaries. Any! Just stop! You never added any value whatsoever, never produced a single product. Nothing people could buy, nothing useful, just BS.

]]> By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2012/09/19/is-china-about-to-see-a-brain-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-404110 Chris Devonshire-Ellis Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:16:41 +0000 http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/?p=3784#comment-404110 These are two different subjects. As I said earlier (and agree with Don) expats in China have a short shelf life now unless they are either nationally established or can add value in China’s own emerging markets, which is the 4/5/6/7 tier cities. It’s not possible for expats with zero experience and no language skills to just turn up in Shanghai and wing it, those days are over.
In terms of Chinese, they will do the entrepreneurial thing and exploit the opportunities that exist in China. They are many, varied and immense, and easier to access than trying again
in a completely new country and an unfamiliar market. You will always get Chinese nationals leaving to go overseas (mainly to study) but there is no brain drain. There are far too many opportunities in China for Chinese nationals to go at to make the risk of going overseas particuarly worthwhile.

Incidentally can someone do something about Fons download, it took forever.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2012/09/19/is-china-about-to-see-a-brain-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-404101 Jeff Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:35:31 +0000 http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/?p=3784#comment-404101 I have been in China for 14 years. Yes, there are problems (air pollution, traffic, not-so-good medical care, etc.) but there is no other place I would rather be. I have no intention of leaving. In my business (technology) the climate is like it was in the Silicon Valley in the ’80′s. Everyone is positive and excited. I like that and I don’t think I can find that in the U.S. these days. Other ex-pat’s that I talk to that express dissatisfaction have usually failed to assimilate themselves into the culture. That’s a necessity here in my opinion.

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