I don't know if you remember that last year, there was an article that blew up Time line, 20 million people pretending to live. I told the story of Beijing drifters's life, the current situation of Beijing. At the end of the sentence:
"those who are successful in dreams are fleeing. They have gone to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the West Coast of the United States. Those who dream hopelessly are also fleeing, returning to Hebei, northeast and hometown. More than 20 million people remain in the city, pretending to be living. In fact, the city has no life at all. There are only a few people's dreams and most people's jobs. "
In fact, there is a sentence and reality a little different, the successful people fled Beijing, came to Australia. In fact, the words should be said that those who follow the success of the dream, with success experience, come to Australia to start over, with a brilliant dream to continue to struggle.
Australia's social patterns are completely different from those at home. Work habits, habits of life, ways of communication, maintenance of interpersonal relationships, and methods of handling affairs are not different from those in China, but they are also very different.
Most of the people who come to Australia, they start from scratch, start by trying to reach out to society.
1. working rhythm
Domestic: the pace of work in China is compact and busy, especially in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. In order to get a promotion and raise wages, in order to get a better social status, people struggle all the time. I look forward to letting every sweat of my efforts water the big tree of my career, in order to bear the fruit of success as soon as possible.
Australia: Australia's work rhythm is lazy, regular, work hours is work hours, off duty, no one chose to work overtime. Jiguro is not applicable here, but the focus here is to be able to complete more tasks in a limited amount of time.
2. Work experience
Domestic: domestic pay attention to the work experience is the famous university graduation, has the practice experience, has obtained the better achievement, independently operates too big the project. People with these experiences will be the preferred target for headhunters, and they will be more likely to get higher positions when they move to a new company for an interview.
Australia: although Australia also depends on academic qualifications, sometimes education is not very important. Moreover, Australia's policy on the protection of local people has led to the fact that the management of many Australian companies is basically local, and the foreign population wants to squeeze in the management. as difficult as to climb up to the sky。 No matter how good you are and how good you are, if you don't start your own business, you may always play a role as a facilitator, not a manager.
3. The way people live in the world
Domestic: China is a human society, the connection determines your lower limit. People with good connections have infinite advantages, and people who do not have connections often run into walls everywhere. So treat gifts, maintain social relations, often attend parties, deal with countless originally useless golf members, tennis members, and so on, just to make more friends, expand their network.
Australia: Australia also attaches importance to networking, but the direction is different from China, Australia's connections are not through gifts, flattery and wine can be obtained. Australia's connections are more like-minded, good friends, similar class, have a common language, common goals, more is to resolve loneliness, rather than in the cause to help.
4. Lifestyle
Domestic: people in a larger city can live a busy but rich city life, shopping convenience, shopping malls everywhere, the financial circle is clearly distributed, business hours are longer, other entertainment projects rich, KTV, bars, nightclubs, To satisfy all the needs of the people.
Australia: shopping malls close early, entertainment facilities are not rich, more sports and outdoor sports. The business circle, with the exception of one point in the city centre, is scattered and limited in number.
5. Social welfare
Australia: Australia has a variety of subsidies and allowances, even if unemployed, can also rely on the most basic subsidies to live a normal life. Childcare benefits, housing allowances, and the world's most complete health insurance system. But the problem is that these subsidies and social benefits are aimed at Australia's citizen, which is more difficult for Chinese to enjoy at a time when naturalisation policies are tightening.
6. Language barrie
Of all the difficulties, the most important is the language barrier, two different languages, and the creation of two different cultures. To integrate into Australian society, English is essential. This is also a common problem for all Chinese in Australia to improve their English level.
Innumerable differences create what is needed to succeed in Australia, in addition to effort, tolerance, understanding and patience.
There are many differences between China and Australia
Australia's winter, China is summer, just the opposite; Australian houses are good north; China is good south; Australia's air is fresh; China is seriously polluted;
Australia's food control is strict, rarely food safety problems, Chinese food safety is always exposed; Australian artificial expensive; cheap Chinese artificial; Australians like to drink cold water, Chinese people like to drink hot water boiled water; Australians like to drink coffee, China likes to drink tea; Australia rarely travels with umbrellas in sun days, so it is very common in China; Australian home dishwashers are a must in the kitchen; China is an optional match.
Most people in Australia live in suburban houses hate tall buildings, China everywhere high-rise buildings; Australia road strangers will say hello to you, China only know people to say hello; many Australian home decoration needs to DIY, China all out; Australia is looking for both sides of the Happy is the most important, China pay attention to the door-to-door, Gao Fu-handsome Bai Fu-mei; Australia by the boss's first name, China called the boss by the total long; Australian children with fewer glasses, most Chinese children wear glasses.
Government, an Australian man and woman who does not marry but lives together, acknowledges that China only recognizes couples with a marriage certificate; and that the Australian elderly have little or no full-time help or even alternative support to the next generation, which seems to be a common phenomenon in China. Unless Australia lives near CITY or shopping center, shopping is far away from home, and the commercial outlets in Chinese cities are all over the corner, which is extremely convenient!
Australian public buildings, such as airports, train stations, shopping malls and hotels, are all moderate in size. China is the largest in the world and Asia is the largest. Australia's manufacturing industry is shrinking and China is the world's factory; Australian mining is rarely reported, and the average miner earns twice as much a year as my so-called white-collar workers, and there are frequent reports of mine accidents in China.
There are few small advertisements on the streets of Australia; there is no cure for psoriasis in China; there are no street slogans but graffiti in Australia; slogans are everywhere in China.
Australia does not have waste acquisition, Chinese waste can be sold to scrap buyers; Australia found that thieves can not carry out attacks, otherwise may be killed, China is people yell at; in Australia, there are few bath centers, singing halls, China is all over the streets; Australia has legal and formal brothel, China does not have legal but we all know where to have it; Australian gambling does not have to sneak around, there is public casino; Chinese police gamble.
There are only a few Australian television stations, hundreds of Chinese television stations; Australian companies only pay wages, unless the contract states that there are no other subsidies and subsidies, the majority of Chinese companies will give employees things, a variety of non-wage subsidies.
Australian interpersonal relationship is basically relatively simple, China seems to be quite complex; the vast majority of Australian institutions are rare security guards at the door, almost every unit in China has security; Australia does not have a seal certificate, because most of the recognition is signature, China because most of the official seal, so the engraved certificate can have a market.
Australia does not have an account, Chinese accounts have always been, not easy to change their accounts; Australia does not have an ID card, China not only has an ID card but also a temporary residence permit.
Australian farmers are occupation, Chinese farmers are identity; Australia's urban and rural differences are small, China's urban and rural differences are huge; Australian administrative officials do not have a secretary, the Chinese secretary is the top; there is no urban management in Australia, Chinese urban management is a feature; The Australian Power and Gas Company has the option, the China Power and Gas Company has no semicolon. Apart from the police and airlines and other rare large shell caps, China is a unique industry and commerce, tax, health, epidemic prevention, customs and so on. They're big caps.
Shops and restaurants in Australia have limited hours of government, and China is open 24 hours a day. Australia has comprehensive health insurance, and there are different urban and rural areas in China. Australian doctors are required to make an appointment and China depends on registration. Australia is free to eat in the hospital, China has to spend money or solve it; Australian in-patient care depends on nurses, there are also nurses in China; Australia works directly, and China looks for relationships; Australia encourages fertility, China's family planning, and now the two-child policy.
Australia's government and residents inform by letter, China by announcement; Australia at the post office passport, China to the Public Security Bureau; if Australia has hundreds of people unemployed at the same time is big news, China's thousands of unemployed is not a problem; Australia does not have a unified invoice, invoices can be printed themselves, China is government unified; Australian tobacco and wine sales are licensed, and can not be sold to children under the age of 18, Chinese alcohol and tobacco any supermarket has; Australian banks' interest rates vary from bank to bank, and Chinese banks' interest rates are uniform; Australian laws do not allow children under teens to be left at home alone, and China has little to do with them.
There are few quarrels in the Australian street market, and the opportunities seen by China are still very high; there are almost no sputum on the ground in Australia, and there are still a lot of sputum on the streets in China; Australia has a lot of restrictions on smokers, and people who spray clouds in China often have no scruples. International long-distance calls in Australia are cheaper than local calls, and international long-distance calls in China are extremely expensive. Australian landlines are expensive, Chinese landlines charge the same as landlines; there are few junk text messages in Australia, and almost every mobile phone user in China is not immune; there are few fraudulent text messages in Australia, and few in China have received such text messages.
In addition to the above basic differences, wage differences, differences in education is also a big problem.
Australia has the most skilled jobs in the market, and most of the domestic financial management industry is easier to find employment. Finding a stable, well-paid job in Australia is a challenge for most Chinese.
Education in Australia, although supported by various subsidies, is limited to public schools. If you choose to enroll in private schools in order to give your children a more comprehensive and better education, the hefty tuition fees are a heavy burden for all families.
Faced with these differences and difficulties, it is the 1.21 million Chinese in Australia. We are not fleeing our homeland or our motherland, nor are we because we have superior conditions for squandering and enjoying our lives. But the real, for their own future, in the struggle for efforts.
We are also facing rising house prices, rising costs of living, increasing daily expenses, but steady wages.
We have experienced cultural differences, trying to understand society, trying to integrate into society, and finally semi-integration into society.
We have all experienced the ideal and the reality of the gap, but also there will be disappointment and frustration. We are also faced with forced abandonment and difficult to continue the situation of helplessness.
We are not fooling around, we are overcoming ourselves and integrating into this society.
"every Chinese working hard in Australia deserves to be admired.