[hunvreus]

Not much different from the situation in the Western world a decade or more ago. This will change in the next decade:

- The latest generation of Chinese tech companies is already very different from their established counterpart (Tencent, Baidu...) in almost every aspect, especially towards their employees.

- The GFW won't survive another decade in its current form. There is simply too much internal pressure.

I'm actually convinced that there is an incredible human potential in China, provided you give them the proper opportunities.

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[brador]

In what ways are the latest generation of Chinese tech companies different from established counterparts?

[hunvreus]

I'm not sure I have an accurate answer to this but let me try.

I feel like the younger companies have developed more aggressive engineering cultures. Tudou, Dianping, Douban seem to embrace more their technical side, when Baidu for example has more of a business and sales spin to it.

In particular, I've noticed this difference through;

- The involvement of these newer companies in OSS, tech event s...

- The reaction of local geeks towards these companies: you'll find a lot of young Chinese programmers who think Taobao is a pretty awesome company when it comes to tech, Baidu not so much (I think most of them refer to it as a sales company...).