I am doing a PhD in EU. Given the high competition for academic jobs in the EU, I am considering moving to China to seek an assistant professorship after finishing my degree. My intention is to have immediate employment and build a teaching and research portfolio. Then move back to the EU again.
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From your other questions, it seems you have only recently started a PhD (in the EU). Given this, I'm not sure how constructive it is to ask hypothetical questions about a possible job search 5-10 years from now.
What contradiction do you imagine there to be between "China is a state which limits free speech in draconian ways" and "people work at Chinese universities"?
Are you sure your stories are actually true? I just searched "free Tibet" in a Chinese search engine and it worked fine. It even returned a lot of relevant results!
Is your intention to remain in China permanently, for the rest of your career? Or do you imagine that there is any kind of career prospect in a Western nation for you after having spent significant time at a Chinese university?
@Servaes, Is your intention to remain in China permanently, for the rest of your career? --- My intention is to have an immediate employment and build a traching and research portfolio. Then move back to the EU again.
@Servaes, Or do you imagine that there is any kind of career prospect in a Western nation for you after having spent significant time at a Chinese university? --- I don't know; you tell me.
I really recommend going though the thread shared by @Anyon as it gives quite a bit of specific insight into life in China. There have been changes in the political climate for the worse but the overall descriptions are still sound in my opinion.
If you have no evidence to believe such an outlandish story, then maybe you shouldn’t worry about it. Old people tend to accumulate lots of half-remembered scary stories about the world.
@MaartenBuis you mention "free Tibet". And what is your point? Do you have actual experience living and working in China? If so, you should write an answer. If not, then please stop spreading misinformation.
@MaartenBuis OP merely mentions (not even advocates) "free tibet", with an anonymous account on an English language website. I assure there is exactly a 0.0% chance that this could cause them problems in China in the future. The Chinese government has far bigger fish to fry. The fact that your comment got so many upvotes is a testament to how misinformed people in the West are about China these days.
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