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Hello Monday!
Give me something positive - what is the best thing about living in China?!
Are you f-ing kidding me ?
Scandinavian:
meant to include a link, but then my dog vomited in my flip flop and had to deal with that
http://shanghaiist.com/2014/09/22/dog-dragged-behind-car-guangdong.php
my dog is fine, but I think the sparerib I lost to chopstick clumsiness didn't sit well in the doggy tummy.
Huuuu... The longer I stay, the shorter it gets:
* I dreamed to live in wholly different world for the sake of it, for the sake of the adventure, and probably reading too much science-fiction. China fits the bill ^^
* You learn to be more autonomous and self-reliant, after living in an alien environment (with no expat bubble...).
* You learn to deal with misunderstanding between people, and you get an idea of how much people different can be.
* I learned to cherish a lot of things I took for granted, like solidarity, rule of the law, drinkable water anywhere, clean air, affordable education, good quality housing, heated & insulated buildings, civil society...
* I, for one, like the food
* If you're young and a specialized engineer/scientist, there are a lot of opportunities, because employers have a high demand and the local offer is pathetic or incredibly expansive (Chinese students who studied abroad and landed a job oversea)
If China does not kill you, it makes you stronger ^^
The benefits are mostly financial I'd say.
I love going out to restaurants so being able to eat and drink out regularly on the cheap is nice. Even starting esl teachers can save some money - often more than they could at their jobs back home. For professional teachers and expats the savings potential is massive.
I've also come to appreciate things that I used to take for granted. China has made me more sensitive to issues like environmental degradation and worker's rights. When I ultimately do return home, I will more fully appreciate the benefits of living in a place with clean air, drinkable tap water, rule of law, peace and quiet and polite people.
For some people, China provides an escape from whatever they are running away from (whether or not that's a good thing depends on the individual situation).
Here 's my list
- China makes you extremely tolerant to problems and you learn to be highly resourceful
- I like the Chinese food as well, not all of it, but good food is good food
- Cheap beer (I also like how almost every place has beer)
- Very easy to save (due to lost cost of living if in a smaller city, I used to pay like $150 per month in rent (good place, now getting my own place here)
- Takes your brain and does a 180 on it (totally new perceptions, not always good or bad but new)
- You sometimes get VIP status (on the other hand racist people sometimes)
- Appreciate the little things back home or in other countries (like not having 1000 people around you at ALL times)
- People back home kind of respect you more for having the guts to move half-way around the world and survive without going totally nuts
- My wife
- The close knit foreign groups you make in smaller cities. Really close and friendly (if you live in a larger city you may not get this one)
ironman510:
You said it man, learning to be tolerant is why people need to come and live in China, I'm not joking. This the best anger management country I've every seen and the best part is its the public that teaches us this. lol
iWolf:
@ironman You said it. This is the place where you must learn to chill out or go totally crazy.
China has always interested me but what sold it was the working hours. I'm my own boss, I do pretty well and I only work a few hours a day so I'm able to spend time with my family. That's kind of the spanner in the works but once I've worked out how to shake those bastards off I'll be golden.
Nothing much...China really gives me the shits these days.
Perhaps I have the Post Annual Trip Outa Here Blues.
Even the beer pisses me off now.
royceH:
No chance of those beers being available where I live. There's one place that sells German beer and sometimes Danish. Some places sell Pabst Blue Ribbon but I'm pretty sure I don't like it.
The beer's you've mentioned are American, right? I wasn't aware of any good American beers....feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
In China there's always a second chance or a second option. The U.S doesn't offer a short cut or any special Guanxi(Special Contact) to help you out. The best part is also that I'm offered Full time & Part times jobs weekly and this has a been a tend for me for the last 9 years, well 2012 was quiet, so 8 years it's picked up a lot this year.. And I love taobao and Hong Kong. My Chinese wife is wonderful and I don't have to deal with BS that a American girl would give me.
Short skirts and thin thighs.Cheap beer, but that has never been that big of a deal, I've never been drunk in China, but still on a hot day I can have a cold beer and drink it any where sans fine,
Ladies here are wonderful, friendly, slim with long legs, porcelain skin, cute faces, long silky hair, ... not to be compared with the land whales back home.
I think that's about it
laowaigentleman:
There are some proper bovine heifers strutting around on my shores, that's for sure!
TedDBayer:
yes, at home the good ones look like Kirstie Alley, the bad ones worse than Roseanne Barr and why do they keep making movies with Cameron Diaz?
The best thing about living in China?
Here's my list of the three best things:
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- Low taxation
- Cheap property rental
- Low utility bills
- Attractive women
- Admiring glances and smiles
- Strong business opportunities
- Cheap and reasonably efficient public transport
- Decent living environment (where I am at least)
- Less living pressure
- Oddball activities such as being paid just for having a foreign face