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Chinese dev here, currently at xiaomi, worked for VMware and Baidu > What are dev practises like - do people do Agile / Scrum?

Not full/standard practice I think, normally just standup meeting I guess.., when I was in VMware China, some projects used scrum.

> Is "post-agile" (sorry) scepticism a thing?

No

> What about TDD and CI/CD?

I'd say TDD and CI are common.

> How about technologies, do people develop on Linux, are they using git,

Yes, all the time.

> are american libraries/frameworks big - are people using React etc?

Yes

> How about things like FP and niche languages - is there much appetite for people experimenting with new tech/languages or are Python/Java the defacto choices for application work and everything else shunned?

Yes, go/rust is gaining popularity.

> Is there a Chinese-equivalent to GitHub - is engineering in China big enough that they can have their own independent OSS culture? (Is companies contributing back to OSS a thing?)

No, there are some github like services, e.g. gitee.com, but the scale and user base is not at same scale.

> are developers seen as feature-factories or is the relationship between product and developers/tech more flat/harmonious than that?

There are lots of jokes about product&developer here in China, so you can imagine.