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Being only part chinese, I can tell you unless you are full han chinese, you will have a hard time on the mainland, regardless of how much chinese/mandarin you know.

Edit: Im not going to share personal stories, I dont want my relatives there to suffer for anything that gets reported back.

>>djroom+(OP)
i am completely ignorant of why you said this. care to expound on why you'd have trouble?

>>djroom+(OP)
I can attest to this.

Unless you are a 6 foot plus black guy with a wicked three point shot... do not go to China to make your fortune if you are not Chinese. Go to China to ASSIST someone ELSE in making a fortune instead. You'll be a good deal more successful.

>>djroom+(OP)
I heard the other side of the story that ABCs could have a hard time in China, because they look just like full han Chinese, but when people find out you are not really "Chinese Chinese", attitudes/expectations/behaviors change.

Edit: I guess I should say "attitudes/expectations/behaviors change, for the better or worse"

>>djroom+(OP)
Well, unless you are dashan maybe, but even he went back to Canada eventually.

>>djroom+(OP)
Do you have any enlightening stories to share?

>>fredli+81
This doesn't seem super true in my opinion, but I could be wrong. I think that a lot of native Chinese actually lower their expectations around ABCs and are pretty interested in asking questions about American culture.

>>jdtang+63
I think what you said just confirmed my point: Is "Lower their expectations" necessarily a good thing? Especially when we are talking about under a professional environment. "He's really an American, he doesn't really understand how to be a good manager for a team of native Chinese" doesn't sound like an advantage to me.