Chinese companies have become bigger employers in the U.S. They’re not all looking for software engineers.
More than a decade ago, Beijing began encouraging its companies to “go global,” to learn by competing on the world stage, and to acquire overseas assets. Well today, even though the U.S. is no longer as hospitable as it once was to Chinese investments, there are more than 155,000 people employed in the United States by Chinese-owned firms.
Chinese firms operating in the U.S. include: BYD, Haier, Lenovo, Smithfield Foods, AMC Entertainment and Riot Games, as well as Baidu, Tencent and Byte
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