I would really advise you to stay away from politically agitating people in China, especially as a foreigner.
Yup, just realize you are a visitor in China, just like if you are a house guest you don't start giving tips about how they can improve something or what you don't like about their house. You will be under the watch of the police as a foreigner and they will check up on you, do not give them reasons to look more closely at you since it will be uncomfortable.
Yes you're right - avoiding direct political action is likely a good idea. That's not quite what I meant though. I guess what I meant was whether or not it was possible to find conmrades/leftist spaces. I would hope it would actually be much easier given that, struggle sessions aside, it is explicitly a socialist state. Maybe this question betrays how ignorant I really am and doesn't make sense in the context of China.
Valuable perspective. It seems like if I were to take this job, I'd just have to put that part of my personality aside for a bit. Hard pill to swallow.
Really interesting insight, thanks. Beijing is on the list of potential locations, but from what I'm hearing from others, there are aspects that don't sound very appealing to me as compared to other locations (Pollution perhaps the largest).
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Yup, just realize you are a visitor in China, just like if you are a house guest you don't start giving tips about how they can improve something or what you don't like about their house. You will be under the watch of the police as a foreigner and they will check up on you, do not give them reasons to look more closely at you since it will be uncomfortable.
Yes you're right - avoiding direct political action is likely a good idea. That's not quite what I meant though. I guess what I meant was whether or not it was possible to find conmrades/leftist spaces. I would hope it would actually be much easier given that, struggle sessions aside, it is explicitly a socialist state. Maybe this question betrays how ignorant I really am and doesn't make sense in the context of China.
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Valuable perspective. It seems like if I were to take this job, I'd just have to put that part of my personality aside for a bit. Hard pill to swallow.
Really interesting insight, thanks. Beijing is on the list of potential locations, but from what I'm hearing from others, there are aspects that don't sound very appealing to me as compared to other locations (Pollution perhaps the largest).
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