# is computer work outsourcing to PRC a big issue in Chinese-speaking SE Asia?

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**Created:** [March 18, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-computer-work-outsourcing-to-prc-a-big-issue-in-chinese-speaking-se-asia/532937 "2010-03-18T21:13:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-computer-work-outsourcing-to-prc-a-big-issue-in-chinese-speaking-se-asia/532937/1 "2010-03-18T21:13:13Z")

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I would imagine that outsourcing programming or graphics design from Taiwan / Singapore / Malaysia to the Mainland is even easier than outsourcing it from America to India / Romania. People speak the same or similar language in both places, the culture is similar, and the salary levels are massively different. Well, so is this in practice a big issue there? Do they have pissed off programmers in Taiwan or Malaysia bitching about how the Mainland folks are taking their jobs?