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家园 No pain, no gain.

这句话无论国内国外都成立.

在国外,至少到我这一代人(和你哥同龄),大多数的留学生和移民都是从零开始,除了大脑和一双勤劳的手外几乎一无所有(have nothing to lose).

我听过很多上个年代(80年代)出国人员的故事,和LZ文中所提的相比,只有过之而无不及.可以说一直到90年代末期,如果单纯以物质条件为参照系,当时根本不存在值不值的问题,不要说考G考托出去的留学生,即便是偷渡出去的福州人,他们都知道用脚投票.说到这里,我打住,仅举海峡对岸为例.台湾出现大规模留美(并居美)潮起于70年代,80年代达到顶峰,90年代后逐渐下降.这样的一个趋势恰好与台湾自70年代末经济腾飞,确立四小龙地位,岛内生活水平大幅提升相吻合.对我们大陆来说,近5年大规模的海归潮相当于台湾90年代的回归潮.参考下面的Reference:

Many Taiwanese left home as students in the 1960s and 1970s. A large number stayed because the United States offered opportunities that Taiwan did not, as well as democracy and freedom at a time when their homeland was still under political repression.

By the late 1970s, those who had settled in the United States had brought their families over. The Taiwanese American community has since developed a strong disapora identity, keeping both political and business ties between the United States and Taiwan.

A number of factors slowed emigration in the late 1980s and 1990s and even encouraged some Taiwanese immigrants to return, including a more democratic society following the end of martial law in 1987, a strengthened economy that needed the diaspora’s skills, and a higher standard of living.

Although the United States used to be a major destination for Taiwanese students, today more Taiwanese students are attending universities at home. Among those who study in the United States, a declining share settle down for the long run.

This spotlight focuses on Taiwanese immigrants residing in the United States, examining the population's size, geographic distribution, and socioeconomic characteristics using data from the US Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) and 2000 Decennial Census, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) for 2008 and 2009.

Year Taiwanese born Population in US

1980 75,353

1990 244,102

2000 326,215

2008 342,444

由以上数据,我们可以计算一下不同年代居美台湾人口变化:

____年代____新增人口

1980-1990: 168,749

1990-2000: 82,113

2000-2010: 20,286*

*prorate basis:(342,444-326,215)/0.8

这个数据支持了我的上述论点.

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说到底,穷则思变.作为一个当年迈出国门的普通人,我愿赌服输.

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