lazycatcat
新手上路
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BTW不是我世俗,如果真准备回去,那要想的就是如何捞,想做学问的话,趁早歇了啊
If you have achievements in academic world, it is probably not a bad idea to take the position and try to contribute. There will be difficulties but you have the advantage of bringing the university to the world.
People in China probably visit here often. However, short-term visits normally don't really help them on how academic works in Western countries. So, you can do a lot of work here.
There are many good videos under this link: http://tv.sohu.com/s2010/ds/#pageHot - on many Chinese who experienced enormous personal misfortune but made huge contributions to China's modernization. An example is Xie Xi De of former Fudan University.
So, you do need a sense of history to make the jump. If material consideration is everything, you may feel very disappointed once your expectation is not met ...