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This is causing a lot of overreaction on the Chinese internet right now since the past 48 hours lol.
Do people want details? Lots of racism and xenophobia though, especially from the nationalists who have been laughing about “Western countries being destroyed by mass immigration, Canada being invaded by Indians” etc. now crying the loudest about the new policy. No, your provincial town is Sichuan isn’t going to be flooded by “inferior” foreigners lol.
There are some legit criticisms though, for example, people complain about how even Chinese people with Masters and PhD degrees have trouble finding employment, so how are foreigners with Bachelors degree going to help? They are worried about the labor market becoming even more competitive.
The funniest part is that I don’t even expect many foreigners to apply because the language barrier is significant (like, no Chinese company is going to hire someone who cannot even speak semi-proficient Chinese because the managers themselves can’t communicate in English), but the wild overreaction on Chinese social media before anything has even happened is amusing to watch at least. Have to say I am kinda disappointed by my own people.
Anyway, so far what we know is: no language requirement, no employment required, 0.5-5 years stay, only require a Bachelors degree for qualification. So, here’s your chance to live in China, Hexbears!
Shithead racists are always going to be the loudest in any country I suppose. Silly of them to freak out, even if every single person in Canada emigrated to China, it would only raise the population by around 3%, hardly the apocalyptic scenario these guys envision.
It's bizarre to even make arguments of inferiority or superiority based on racist shit when you name a segment of your own history the "century of humiliation", was that because of racial inferiority too? Of course fucking not.
The “inferior” part refers to darker skinned people, especially the fear of Indians and Africans with “fake university qualifications” “flooding the country”, and they point to what happened in Western countries. Many would still accept white people coming into their country (though this is also starting to receive some backlash as Chinese people become more confident about their own country).
Unfortunate to see such blatant racism being displayed out in the open. I always thought we’re better than that, but maybe that’s because China has always kept a tight immigration policy so people never get the anxiety about that. I am still surprised by the overreaction though.
Made up bullshit then.
They're going to have to address this. It's going to fester.
We need a cultural revolution 2.0
I have seen a significant number of people on Chinese social media who basically believe the Fox News portrayal of the west, but are instead excited by the implication that it is destroying the west.
The crazy Han Chauvinist crowd in Chinese internet would blame the Manchu
It just crops up in the last 48 hours all over the social media. Lots of fearmongering going on right now before the policy is even implemented (which is tomorrow, October 1st).
The only fair point I will make is that this K visa policy itself also came out of nowhere, seemingly following the US restricting their H1B visa issuance (actual announcement was back in August, though most people didn’t notice or even pay attention). There isn’t a lot of details about the why and the need for the policies and how exactly it will be implemented. So people immediately think the worst, that the Indians who want to seek better life in the US will now take advantage of China’s wealth.
Goes to show how important full employment policies are.
I can't imagine young people are happy about this, youth unemployment in STEM fields in China seems pretty bad to me, and I doubt this will make it better.
Any bachelor's or STEM specifically
Me over here with my Arts degree: can I come too please?
I think it has to be from a "recognized university" as well, although it's unclear if that means HPYSM, T20, T50 or just accreditation
The linked article is from August 14th. Was there some new announcement about this visa?
edit: Oh I see, it is launching October 1st
Also, isn't your tech work culture even worse over there than ours (in terms of long hours worked)
Frankly, I was putting in 50-60 hours/week at my last gig and I could definitely handle more tbh
also, be white
Do you know if there is an age requirement? The announcement seems to imply one.
What about spouse/family?
18-45, STEM degree, unclear about spouse/family.
Check the Chinese embassy of your country (the details should be released around October 1st, which is now).