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[Prof.Gringo]

I voted for money, but it isn't that clear. I like the availability of work, most anytime of the year and all over China, from teaching kids to working in public schools, uni's, and teaching adults as well as private tutoring, China has something for everyone in the work category.

Salary is decent, cost of living is not high when compared to S. Korea, Japan, HK, etc.

Easy enough to find decent employment.

Culture, adventure, language learning, etc are all great, but first, I need a stable job that allows me to live a decent life and save a bit. China offers all that plus a bowl of rice thrown in!

[thechangling]

I wondered when the women thing would get brought up because if you're male and straight, it's another good thing about China.
The best overall thing I like about China in conjunction with that is the easy availability of work too. I'm over doing all the B.S to get back into Korea or Japan and China is relatively simple and easy to get a half decent job and visa in without having to jump through endless hoops.
Despite low salaries overall, the potential for savings is there by mixing two jobs and/or getting good connections further down the track.
China does for sure have it's serious long term drawbacks and it sounds like most of us are well aware of them so for me its appeal really is a mixture of women, money, and wonderlust.
Living back home really is boring as hell in comparison.

[Markness]

Seconded changling... I went back home to Canada thinking it was the right choice after my contract went up and I went back to university for about 2 years to finish my degree.. man oh, man... I'm happy I have completed it and all of that jazz but do I ever miss the awesomeness of living in asia. China had some super wild things going on that I just never had gotten to see at home and yes, women play a large role in that wildness. Southeast Asia is also absolutely amazing, and I couldn't be happier than I have gotten to experience living there as well. The food and the people were awesome and being able to walk around with a beer at hand and not get a ticket.. that's the life.

China has the flexibility in allowing you to choose a place desirable to whatever you want as it is such a big country. I'm a warm weather kind of guy, so the Canadian winters absolutely made me feel depressed.

Anyways I checked off "adventure", call it gimmicky but I rather be in my death bed saying "at least I tried" instead of living the mundane life back in Canada.

[BlueBlood]

True that. When I was much closer to Markness' age I went to Taiwan for a summer. I had grown up in California and was quite used to city life and bars/parties etc.

Let me tell you, nothing beats the action of living the life of an expat in Asian. Not only dating, but the ease to meet new friends, the laid-back attitudes, and the spontaneity--unmatched by anything in the West.

[davelister]

I'm in China coz my missus is Chinese, and she'd rather be here with her family than in the UK, where we were for several years. I teach coz it is all I can do here.