chanta76 wrote:repatriate,
As Asian American we might not be in the same boat as the local Asian guys in China...saying that..I think it is relevant. It's starting to happen in Korea...in Korea the gender imbalance for guys between the age of 21-28 years old is about 10% more guys than girls in Korea. The local Korean guy are starting to cock block any and all guys over the local girls including Korean American guys..in matter of fact sometimes the local korean guys are being even more aggressive towards the Korean American guys more so than the white guys. The local Korean girls are becoming even more stuck up due to the gender imbalance.
I know we're not in the same boat as other asian guys and it really doesn't concern me that we're not. In life you use every advantage given to you. That's why I don't really hate on some of the white expats who really have their shit together.
Korea is a developed country now. Fully developed. Korea is also a xenophobic and somewhat ethnocentric country. So it's understandably hard and it doesn't surprise me.
In China in the major city it's not uncommon to hear stories of Chinese girls who are stuck up because of the gender imbalance. As Asian American we might make higher income but there still are allot of wealthy Asian guys in Asia . Being an ESL teacher in Asia is not going to hack it in the long run which many of the expats are doing including Asian American guys.
I think in China it's like a sleeping dragon. Most of the Chinese guys are aware of the gender imbalance .but are too busy trying to make enough money to attract the Chinese girl..but there will come a point where that's not enough and there might be a backlash towards expats or playboyish Asian American guys in China.
I think you're being overly negative to be honest. The gender imbalance doesn't effect the wealthier Chinese guys at all and it doesn't really effect asian-americans. In fact the gender balance doesn't exist in the bigger cities because women from all over the country flock to cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, etc.. I'm not in the ESL industry btw and there are more than a few ways to make remote income so this also doesn't apply to me.
It will be a long time still before China overcomes its hurdles. In the meantime there is SEA and many other countries to choose from. Not all countries are going to become these difficult westernized places overnight. That's not how economics and socialization works.