To be a man above men, or not, is the point for returnees

My friend Joe, a senior manager at a major Wall Street bank, was back in China for a short visit. I asked if he had thought about moving back, like so many of our peers who studied and worked in the US. He shook his head, "No".

"Why did you move back?" he turned the question back at me.

Oh, that. To make a long story short, I explained the many benefits of living in Beijing, despite the traffic, the pollution and some of the obvious restrictions: As Chinese, we get access to all walks of life and to all sorts of career opportunities difficult to nail in the US; life in Beijing is easy with cheap maids, frequent restaurant meals ...