U. S. expatriates pursue American Dream in China

From USA TODAY:

“I’m living the American dream, just not in America,” says the Cleveland native, 29, who brews through the night with unusual ingredients like Sichuan peppercorn to produce craft beers unique in China, and the world.

Setzer typifies a new breed of young Americans, China-savvy and Chinese-speaking, who share the pluck, patience and grit necessary to pursue their diverse dreams here.

After South Koreans, U.S. citizens had formed the second-largest national group among the nearly 600,000 foreigners living on the Chinese mainland at the end of 2010, says China’s national statistics bureau…

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EDITOR: They are leaving a stagnant society and economy to pursue  opportunity in a land of opportunity, as did their ancestors who first came to America.

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