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travelnguy · Joined: 14 Oct 2010 Posts: 2

What is the income tax rate in China?
How much should insurance cost?
What would be the cost of living for a family of 3? We eat out about twice per week. My wife doesn't drink. Our child is only 1.
Vaccines easy to get for children?
What do utilities cost in a 2 bedroom apartment?
Is the Internet fast?
How restricted is the Internet?
Are demonoid and ares blocked?

Thanks

7969 · Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 5782 Location: Coastal Guangdong

the answer to most of your questions will depend on where in china you want to go.

travelnguy · Joined: 14 Oct 2010 Posts: 2

sorry about that. I was offered a job at a school in Beijing. The school provides 3000 RMB for rent. The salary is quite good. I just want to know what kind of expenses I should expect.

askiptochina · Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 488 Location: Beijing

Internet is better in the mornings. Sometimes a site will load, sometimes it won't. Eventually, a few of your favorites will get blocked and you will need a VPN which gives you a faster connection sometimes.

For electricity, it depends where you live. Find out how much the landlord wants, as well as water and gas (if it is available), and post here.

Eating out is even more vague. Everyone has different eating habits. I prefer to eat at home and stock up. Then I go to the fancy hot pot restaurants once or twice a month and splurge (100 RMB for 2 people, figure 200-250 for a family), add up if you factor living in Beijing which is probably more expensive (100 RMB more? I don't really know). I don't see the point in eating out at the cheap hot pot places. If you are going to live cheap, why not make the most of it and prepare the food?