Fascism is obviously spreading all over the Nazi-infested West. Is it a pipe dream to flee to China or is it worth starting to learn some Chinese?

Is anyone seriously making moves to try?

  • THEPH0NECOMPANY [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Yea but this is something that kinda just fell into my lap. I’m at the end of a STEM degree with a minor in Chinese and have 3 years worth of language learning.

    I visited Beijing over the summer and I wouldn’t call myself fluent but was able to hold conversations with most people and probably would have been able to get by eventually if I stayed.

    The only reason I would probably be able to move there is because they opened up K Visas for STEM majors and my language proficiency.

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      I know the K visa is supposed to be for “young STEM” people, but as far as I could read, there wasn’t any sort of age restriction. Been thinking of getting a second degree in Comp Sci to take advantage of it tbh. Sounds like a good deal, even if temporarily.

      • It also requires being from a “recognized university”, which might mean HYPSM, T20, T50, or just accreditation. I’d imagine it’s more focused on the T20/HYPSM schools, because companies will probably only hire foreign applicants who are notably better than Chinese ones. Chinese education is significantly harder and more competitive than American education, and the bottom ~20% of young Chinese STEM degree holders are unemployed, so the competition is very stiff without strong name recognition.

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    If you want to go to China you can’t really “flee” there, you need a visa to enter the country and you won’t be able to work and make money unless you have a bachelor’s degree and get hired by a Chinese company or have enough money to start your own “wholly foreigned owned enterprise” and essentially hire yourself and give yourself a work visa that way.

    • oscardejarjayes [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      I took Chinese classes, but that was quite a while ago and non-Latin language skills decay very quickly without practice. I’d probably have to learn most of it all over again.