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发帖数: 6973 | 1 A tale of two expats; Life is easier for Western expatriates in China than
it is for Chinese expatriates in the West. Economist, Dec 29, 2010.
http://www.economist.com/node/17797134?story_id=17797134&CFID=1
Quote:
"Female Chinese expatriates, too, tend to have a better time than men,
reckons Mr [William] So. (Perhaps they find the culture less sexist. Perhaps
they are luckier in love.) Male Chinese expats who have left their families
behind, by contrast, can’t wait for their tour of duty to end.
"A Chinese firm needs local sales staff to sell things to British customers,
but it is often hard to recruit locals. They need to start with positive
feelings about China, says Mr So, and it helps immensely if they have
studied Chinese. But such people could earn far more working for a Western
firm in China.
"The one thing about the West that every Chinese expatriate appreciates is
the air. “It’s much cleaner,” says Mr So. 'Everyone comments on this.'
British people are quite pleasant, too. They are very polite, Mr So
continues. When you go into a shop, you do not get the feeling that anyone
is hostile. 'But if you go into a pub and debate Chinese politics, it would
be very hard,' he says.
My comment:
(a) A "blind corner" is British term for street corner.
(b) overall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overall
(section 6 Boilersuit: coverall in American English)
(c) nosh (n): "a light meal"
(d) grovel (vi): "to lie or creep with the body prostrate in token of
subservience or abasement"
(e) wangle (vi, vt): "to make or get by devious means : FINAGLE"
(f) The stoppage in the last sentence means work stoppage.
(g) You will not find sex or scoring a friend of opposite sex in this
article.
(h) Chinese often write they can not wait to return to China. I suspected
that Beijing was behind the move to recruit professionals. The article
suggests that many Chinese exdpats are anxious to go back. |
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