回复 'localappleseed' 的评论 : I guess so, as compared to folks from mainland China migrated to US after 1976. Gary Locke, Elaine Chao, Li Kaifu, Jerry Yang, Yo Yo Ma, and so on and on and on,..., you name them.
I mean, we Chinese, or more precisely Han nationality, as a nation or culture group, are one of the best, most intelligent, diligent people in the world.
However, our splendid culture and civilization was severely contaminated and mutilated in the past 60 years, especially in the first half. This cultural detriment causes fatal impediment for us to outstand in career.
But I think, given that enormous disadvantage, as long as we work hard and maintain a honest and relatively noble life as regular professors, engineers, scientists or whatsoever, we can call ourselves successful Chinese.