Badguy, I never feel superior compare to my fellow Chinese living in main land, I'm from main land too. I believe normally you can do well if you try hard enough regardless of place you are living. And I know in China there are many talented and informed people.
well, one interesting difference is between oversea Chinese born in pre-1980 era and that born in post-1980 era....do you know why?
Generally speaking, those oversea Chinese ,who were born in pre-1980 era and went abroad before 2000,don't think CCP can save its own ass and like the ideas of "political reform,democracy"...etc. ......the reason might be that before they went abroad ,the backwardness of China and corruption of CCP officials had impressed them too much .
Perhaps ,another reason is that it is quite embarrasing for those guys to find that their less-talented classmates in mainland-china now live a better life and have a more success career....so they need some excuses to persuade themselves that "it is not wrong for them to go abroad"....
Instead, those oversea CHinese ,who were born in post-1980 era and went abroad after 2000, are indifferent to politics. they are more interested to get one decent postion in CHina after they graduate.
But what bothers me is under China's current system, one may not get the opportunity to be successful even he/she tried the best. But someone next door probably could get all the benefit and prestige if he/she happens to be some party leader descendent, or offspring of government officials or have special networking with those rich and powerful. It creates tremendous injustice and discrimination in a country that is ruled by one party. And our state controlled bank, enterprise are the places where Party extends their will.
well, "nepotism" is everywhere in the world. At least ,it is not limted to CHina.....In west world, it is just a disguised one.
For example, the politicians in USA and other west countries usually can get one fat-salary positon openly after they retired or finished their term of office.... can you tell me what is difference between west politicians' openly accepting "fat-salary position" and CCP's officials secretely taking bribery?
Can you tell me how the Bushes and the Kennedies "success" so easily? can you explain what is "Skull&bones"
the first difference is that in west such corruptions are usually legal and disguised while in CHina they are "sneaky" and illegal.
the second difference is that you are extremely critic to corruption in CHina while keeping a blind eyes to that in west world.
Like you said, Chinese economy is developing fast and mainland Chinese are no longer feeling extremely inferior to those overseas Chinese like once they felt before. How it happed? It's not because of our one party rule. It's because the party embrace the free market idea that stir up the free enterprise spirit of Chinese people. We are getting richer not because Party pays us more, it's the free enterprise that created millions job; the capitalism market that attracted billion of overseas investment, and hundreds of millions Chinese migrant worker that now can freely leave their home to seek work that create this miracle.
CCP has never "embraced" the free market. What CCP now embraces is the combination of the free market and command plan.
do you know what is the consquence of "embrace the free market"?
guy, it were Boris Yeltsin and his clique that once "embrace the free market"....then followed the golden age of Russian financial tycoons and one-decade-long decline of Russian economy.
It were Greenspan and his wall street partners that "embrace the free market", then followed the golden age of Wall stree fat cats and the 2008 crisis.
Now Chinese economy is at a tipping point of sustainability. The Party can continue acting as a catalyst or act like a roadblock. It's the choice they have to ultimately face: You want country first, or you want Party first?
that is what you watch with one telescope in one place which is one-ocean-distance away from CHina.
That is not what I watch and feel by getting in touching with Chinese peasant workers,officals,bluecollars , whitecollars and businessmen every day.