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Q: Moving to China, yes or no?

This is the main question of my life for now. For those who haven't seen my previous posts here I am a German expatriate living in Taiwan (my job is good, but relatively unchallenging), and for now I am considering relocating to the mainland. It would help me a lot if you can answer this question along with a short explanation. 

7 years 23 weeks ago in  General  - China

 
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What is your job, may I ask?
And what jobs are you looking for?

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What would be your motivation for maybe moving to China? What is it you're looking for?

 

Everyone here will tell you something different. Some will say avoid China because of poor internet and all the usual complaints,  some will say it's a great place to save money while others will say it's not worth risking your health by breathing the air and eating the food.

 

They would all be right, China is right for some and a complete disaster for others, it just depends what it is you want out of living in China.

mikenchina:

As I said my life is stable, but I am looking for more challenges, however at the same time I don't want to change my present comfortable living environment for some third world country, so I want to hear some opinions, while simultaneously keeping in mind that each person may see China in a different light. 

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Your quality of life will probably largely depend on your job, who employs you and where you are living.

 

Chinese (not all of course)employers can make life a nightmare with their dishonesty and poor management. Being in a crappy polluted city with no place to buy western food and nothing to do can suck for some people whereas others thrive on it.

 

You will find challenges for sure but as to your lifestyle requirements.. that's hard to say. Nobody really knows until they arrive and start doing it.

 

Maybe the best thing you could do is visit to get a feel for the place. Possibly take a short term job doing English camp or something if you can.

 

 

 

 

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Challenging means different things to different people. 

 

What is considered as challenging to you

mikenchina:

I want to find a job and living environment that will require me to improve everyday of course offering rewards for that, but also help in raising my qualifications. For now I feel a bit stuck and I am too young to accept a monotonous life.

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Looks to me you want 1). something new, because you are bored, 2). that something new preferably brings you personal growth.

 

Personal growth is a vast area. It also means different things to different people. Take for example, to an impatient person personal growth can be like this --- after lining up inside those @#$@#$ china banks for hours every time I go there for X number of months/years, I finally learn how to be patient. X can be anything depending on how fast a learner you are. So, what area of personal growth would you like to see with your self?

 

Other "challenges" available in PRC include air pollution, fake food, fake love, fake friends, fake contracts, money rich parents treating you like a circus monkey, along with their rich children, being conned by unscrupulous recruitment agencies (notice, plural) and/or schools, or companies, stepping on a pile of human excreta.....etc. It is up to you to define if these constitute challenges, and whether these challenges would benefit you.

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"I want to find a job and living environment that will require me to improve everyday of course offering rewards for that, but also help in raising my qualifications"

 

So many places in the world where you can do that - including Taiwan!

 

What is it about China that you think may be more challenging (and worth going to) than any other place in the world?

 

What sort of qualifications are you seeking?

 

I would suggest that the 'challenges' that China has to offer aren't really the sort you're looking for

GreatTao:

Hardship builds the real men.

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mikenchina:

I work as a teacher in the middle of nowhere, but with great salary and all the benefits, but I think it's not the kind of life I want. I have a university diploma (humanities), so I think getting some  business related experience would do me good. You know, for the present I am like "maybe I want to change something, or maybe not". Just wanted to hear few opinions "for" and "against", but yeah until I try it in the mainland I won't have a clear vision. 

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What is your job, may I ask?
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Are you an idiot? You know what come to China and you will understand that my question was on point. 

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Do it. China's great. Anyone who says otherwise is a naysayer and a pussy.

If you want challenges then it's the place to be. Make sure you have a sense of humour and some non-destructive coping mechanisms.

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Well, you will find living in China to be quite challenging at times. I would say do it because you already have a slight introduction to the culture having lived in Taiwan. 

 

If you have the patience and the open-mind... China can have a lot of weird but interesting quirks and challenges. 

 

If you are set in your ways and exhibit little tolerance for lack of manners, then it will be very frustrating. 

 

If you are looking for career opportunities or challenges that help up your career skills... I don't think China will really help you out in that case. Not unless you setup your own business or perhaps work in an international company. 

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If you don't have a temper problem, than sure come on over to China. But, you can't get angry!

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Give it a go, or you'll never know.  What

icnif77:

Did you loose an Internet connection ....

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The officials, the so called 'excellence' flatter foreigners a lot. China does offer foreigners good salary (than its natives) , status and opportunities. It's easier for a foreigner to live a good life if he doesn't care much about his dignity and image.

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Well if you are a foreigner so you will definitely have a lot of opportunities then the rest of the countries in China, because Chinese people like foreigners way too much doesn't matter about your field as well as about skills and if you have any so very well...
for me if i get a good opportunity so i will stick to  China in the future....angel

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