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China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers

https://apnews.com/article/china-us-talent-tech-visa-h1b-4c5792cf1b9fec9a846ca002f9e383ae
shallot [she/her] - 1mon

The ruling Communist Party’s internet censorship, known as the “Great Firewall,” is another drawback.

The internet on this side of the firewall sucks donkey ass lol how is that a drawback

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shallot [she/her] - 1mon

Oh no I can’t go on Facebook and see my transphobic great aunt go on racist rants in between ai slop Jesus pictures, how will I ever survive

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shallot [she/her] - 1mon

XI LET ME INNNNNNNN

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stink @lemmygrad.ml - 1mon

Also like... my friend is in china rn and she's able to do everything fine lol

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Bob_Odenkirk [none/use name] - 1mon

VPNs are pretty readily available and while technically not legal there’s no enforcement. It’s an annoyance but not much more.

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thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them] - 1mon

I'm in China rn and can confirm, very very easy to get a VPN

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jack [he/him, comrade/them] - 1mon

wow, I'm so sorry you're trapped in the Chinese panopticon with no way to reach the outside world

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Bob_Odenkirk [none/use name] - 1mon

Can’t access chapo.chat without a VPN

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Coolkidbozzy [he/him] - 1mon

they need to grow their domestic version of chapo.chat, it's a protectionist policy

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 1mon

lmao yeah that's a feature

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jack [he/him, comrade/them] - 1mon

I'm curious if they'll be able to snatch up the foreign tech workers in the US who are getting yanked around by Trump and ICE and H1B bullshit.

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peeonyou [he/him] - 1mon

I'm gonna see if it's something I can do. I got laid off because of this AI bullshit and I'd love to GTFO of the US

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jack [he/him, comrade/them] - 1mon

Good luck!

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princeofsin [he/him] - 1mon

Inshallah! you will!

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NinaPasadena [she/her, any] - 1mon

Let me know how this goes. Very curious

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electric_nan @lemmy.ml - 1mon

If RedNote comments are any indication, I'll be surprised if many Indians end up in this program.

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eldavi @lemmy.ml - 1mon

this one would be willing if it turns out that china's version isn't as exploitative as the american one

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jackmaoist [none/use name] - 1mon

I literally fell down to my knees at Walmart

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