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Yea but this is something that kinda just fell into my lap. I'm at the end of a STEM degree with a minor in Chinese and have 3 years worth of language learning.
I visited Beijing over the summer and I wouldn't call myself fluent but was able to hold conversations with most people and probably would have been able to get by eventually if I stayed.
The only reason I would probably be able to move there is because they opened up K Visas for STEM majors and my language proficiency.
Uh I think it might have been for people below 40? Not sure on that though.
Maybe more info came out after the initial announcement. Thats still a pretty generous range though.
I haven't seen new info on it. Might be up to the discretion of the embassy to decide if you fall into a grey area.
It also requires being from a "recognized university", which might mean HYPSM, T20, T50, or just accreditation. I'd imagine it's more focused on the T20/HYPSM schools, because companies will probably only hire foreign applicants who are notably better than Chinese ones. Chinese education is significantly harder and more competitive than American education, and the bottom ~20% of young Chinese STEM degree holders are unemployed, so the competition is very stiff without strong name recognition.
You may actually experience a decrease in quality of life if you work as a programmer in china