At present, the level of social education is gradually improving, and the importance of knowledge and experience in job search is becoming more and more obvious. Because of this trend, in recent years, there are many scholars who have come to study overseas to study gilded, of course, among them, there are not a few who have returned from their studies and returned to China to work.
Before that, people referred to those foreign doctors and masters who returned from studying abroad as turtles, of course, in the subsequent comparison, those scholars who have been developing in China were also named "earth turtles". Comparing the two together, it is obvious that those who returnees are more eye-catching. Nowadays, Chinese overseas students have returned to China to reach the peak of more than 30 years after the reform and opening up, and there is a trend of continuing to rise.
Most of the scholars who returned from foreign gold and silver plating were engaged in relevant research work in domestic research institutes and universities. Of course, there are also some returnees who have entered the government department as officials or civil servants after examination.
At present, there are always some "preferential treatment" in the treatment of returnees in China, but in fact, this tradition has existed as early as the Republic of China period.
Since the late Qing Dynasty, the social, political and cultural order of the Chinese Empire has suffered unprecedented subversion, and in the face of the crisis in front of it, how to solve these problems has also plagued the sons and daughters of China. At that time, some advanced people no longer insisted on pursuing the Confucian way as before, but opened their minds to the West to pursue the truth.
From the young children staying in the United States to the six-day frenzy set off after the Sino-Japanese War, to the upsurge of students such as Hu Shi and other students in Europe and the United States at the beginning of the year, a group of readers and advanced thinkers have gone abroad. "Only by opening your eyes can you change your destiny", at that time, these groups of international students were responsible for the mission of saving the country and the people.
Perhaps because of the weight of the burden on them, the treatment, status and resources of the state for international students are different from those of domestic new-style school graduates, and they are also more disparities in the comparison with those who have come from school.
So what was the specific difference between these "turtles" and "turtles" at that time? On this issue, Tao Xisheng, who graduated from Peking University in 1955 and served as deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department of the National Government, personally described the differential treatment he received.
As we all know, Tao Xisheng also has an identity, that is, the chief writer of the "JoongAng Daily", as a Kochi person who has taught before graduating from a famous university in China, Tao Xisheng told that he was a "turtle" at that time, and his monthly salary was 80 yuan. A small table three feet long and a half feet wide and a hard bench were his desks. The ink bottle used for writing on weekdays is also modified with a kettle.
But at the same time, those who returned from a first-class school in Japan received a monthly salary of 120 yuan a month, and the tables they used were three and a half feet long and two feet wide. Of course, if it is a turtle who returned from the Imperial University of Japan, the treatment is better, the monthly salary can get 150 yuan per month, the desk is also larger, it can reach 4 feet long and 2 feet wide, sitting on a rattan chair, the office supplies on the desk are also very exquisite, the ink bottle is red and blue, and there are bookshelves that can be used specifically for classifying manuscripts.
Better treatment than these returnees from studying at Imperial University in Japan are european and American university graduates, who can get 200 yuan a month. The desk and chair are the same as those used by returnees from Imperial University in Japan, but if you graduated from Universities such as Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, and Oxford, and if you still have university teaching experience after returning home, you can serve as the director of the department, with a monthly salary of 250 yuan, and the treatment is at the top level.
Through Mr. Tao's narration, you can vividly feel the huge gap between turtles and turtles in that era. What's more, at that time, Tao Xisheng had experienced great changes in the situation, but he could still remember these inadvertent details clearly, which was enough to confirm that these huge disparities had brought a shocking and traumatic impression to the pretentious him at that time.
To this day, this "difference" still exists, which inevitably causes dissatisfaction among those master's and doctoral scholars who have studied hard in China for many years: Why can they be superior when they come back from abroad?
Of course, some returnees also have some dissatisfaction, thinking that they have to work hard outside the country with a cup of water-paid scholarships, and they have not been able to obtain a degree, and now they have given up the preferential treatment of foreign sales to return to China to start a business or find employment, but those jobs that really hold real power in China have long been occupied by a large number of "turtles", if they can no longer have some good treatment, how can they willingly return to China?
In fact, from this point of view, whether it is a "turtle" or a "turtle", they all have their own thoughts and grievances, but no matter what, everyone is the same race, so why should they regard each other as enemies? What's more, now that China has gradually become stronger and joined the WTO, the phenomenon of "sea turtles" becoming more expensive is gradually disappearing in the face of the influx of foreigners.