42 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 27 May \ parent \ on: What is your country’s cultural code for work? earth
You only spent a few weeks there but it has had a lasting impact on your worldview, huh?
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 May
I didn't make any Chinese friends while I was there. Those friendships came from grad school.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei OP 27 May
I see! Do you still keep in touch with them? Have they been Americanised?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 May
I'm absurdly bad about staying in touch with people. For the first year or so after finishing we did ok, but I haven't heard much since.
Most of them ended up back in China, whether or not that's what they were hoping for.
The visa system here stinks, unless you can get a permanent academic appointment. Otherwise, you only get a one year work visa and that's not a tenable situation to be in professionally.
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