China won't be luring foreign tech talent any time soon
As a Chinese I would say that the points in this article, though true, are not among the driving reasons.<p>If you ask me, I would present this list:<p>1. Practically, there are only 4-5 cities suitable for &#x27;tech talents&#x27; in China. The properties prices in these cities are comparable to the ones in NY and SF while the salary isn&#x27;t. BTW: you have very little chance to be able to get married without a property under your name in China. This isn&#x27;t a &#x27;tech talents&#x27; specific issue but &#x27;tech talents&#x27; have more chances to emigrate.<p>2. There is no union nor labour law in China (well technically they both exist but..). So labour abusing is normal. Many tech workers are &#x27;voluntarily&#x27; working 996 (which mean 9am-9pm, 6 days a week) on a 955 pay slip.<p>3. Chinese society is relation-oriented. Tech workers hate that. For example often the promotion goes to the guy who has the closest relationship to the manager.<p>4. Primary&#x2F;secondary education in China is very, very cruel. Many people don&#x27;t want their children go through it if possible.<p>5. Pollutions etc.