[nsf39k]

Many college-educated Chinese join the CCP since it’s essentially a requirement to move to senior roles in many organizations there. Exceptions exist, but I doubt there’s a single Chinese venture firm/unicorn that doesn’t have LPs or angels who are CCP members or have backdoor deals with the CCP itself.

I’ve found actual loyalty to the CCP to be varying. The more urban (especially the coastal urbanites from Shanghai and Beijing) and educated they are, the more likely in my experience that they’re only paying lip service to the CCP. They’ll even enthusiastically criticize the regime behind closed doors if they trust you - but I’m certain there’s also plenty of true believers. Take that as you will.

[type0]

The average westerners can't imagine the amount of indoctrination CCP exerts on it's people. China is a collectivist society, as a result the values are completely different.

[newman8r]

Fascinating, thanks for the insight.