I'm moving to China

[WonderSeeker]

This is probably niche for this forum. But in 2 months I'll be moving to Chengdu 成都

Is there anybody on the forum who has lived in China before or is currently living in China?

For those who haven't, living abroad is a great opportunity if you're:

• young,
• open-minded,
• want to flip the bird to corporate,
• tired of watching your country deteriorate,
• ready to get your pre-programmed cultural paradigms shattered without trying,
• eager to live somewhere that's on the rise, and already 30 years into the future.

For me I've been living and teaching English in Korea for the past year. It's been an epic experience, but after doing 50+ hours of deep research,  I decided on moving to China. After another 20 hours of militant outreaech, I landed a job there.

The best part is, this move is allowing to:

• make 2x my Korean salary starting out,
• live in an apartment that would easily cost $3,000/month in the US, but only $415 in China,
• have the opportunity to learn the 2nd most spoken language in the world straight from the source,
• experience more exotic dating opportunities (it's so fascinating experiencing how sexually and relationally different things are out here).

After doing lots of reasearch and experiencing things firsthand, I found that the US distorts reality when it comes to east Asia. It over-glorifies Korea and Japan (naturally because they are 2 of its major far east vassel states) and straight up demonizes China, acting like its a communist hell-hole.

Based on firsthand, Korea is highly uncultured and materialistic. I mean, there is a culture, but it is 100% trends and K-nonsense. I haven't been to China yet, but I've personally watched over a dozen videos of creators essentially saying, "yeah, it's not perfect like any place, but overall it has world-class convenience, it feels extremely safe, and the west's portrayal of it is total propaganda."

Again this is probably a niche post for this forum.

I've been in my own bubble of researching and making this my life, because I've had the best time living exotic lifestyles in my 20s. I've had the good fortune of spending over a month in Mongolia and Alaska, almost a full year in South Korea, and muliple years in several US states. All before age 30.

Nevertheless I'm putting this out there to see if any of you know about this opportunity. Cheers!

Edited 7 hours ago by WonderSeeker

[Natasha Tori Maru]

You are certainly living up to your name! 

Great wonder seeking - can't wait until you pop in with some insights after this trajectory change 😁

[LoneWonderer]

Hey, very cool my man. What kind of job will you do? Is it an english speaking workplace? How easy was it for you to aquire a work visa? I have considered moving to China in some future, just to do something totally different and a little crazy!

[Joseph Maynor]

 

[OmniNaut]

Congrats on you mate.

Keep us posted on your adventures and findings.

I did not visited China or Korea yet, (only airport layovers). Although I lived in SE Asia for in total over 8 years.

I uphold my opinion that solo travelling / living in a country outside your culture you grew up in is the biggest boost for self development. This of course in combination with an open mind and introspection. Living abroad will teach you so many things you will not get from YouTube videos.

I dated Chinese and Korean women. They have their pros and cons. You will be hard pressed to find SD Green in these countries, although one Korean woman was a yoga teacher, but hovering somewhere between SD Orange and Green.

Western media distortion of life in Asia is a real thing, even in Europe.

If you really want to know a country and it's culture I would suggest to not look how you are treated but how they treat each other. Family dynamics and government dynamics are a big indicator of the country's development.

As a (white) foreigner you will be treated differently. White positive racism is a real thing I observed myself in SE Asia, they think you are more important than their own and will treat you better. That is why look beyond that and how they treat each other.

Oh and one more thing. Please stay away from Shark fin soup, it will not give you any benefit and only contributes to the murder of sharks.

[WonderSeeker]

56 minutes ago, LoneWonderer said:

Hey, very cool my man. What kind of job will you do? Is it an english speaking workplace? How easy was it for you to aquire a work visa? I have considered moving to China in some future, just to do something totally different and a little crazy!

Yes, I will be teaching. Honestly, getting a Z visa wasn't that hard. Few hundred to get documents authenticated and shipped. They do have a 2-year teaching experience requirement though (but I was able to get in with only 10 months in South Korea, so they're not 100% strict on it like they say they are).

I wonder what you mean by "crazy"  

[WonderSeeker]

45 minutes ago, OmniNaut said:

Congrats on you mate.

Keep us posted on your adventures and findings.

I did not visited China or Korea yet, (only airport layovers). Although I lived in SE Asia for in total over 8 years.

I uphold my opinion that solo travelling / living in a country outside your culture you grew up in is the biggest boost for self development. This of course in combination with an open mind and introspection. Living abroad will teach you so many things you will not get from YouTube videos.

I dated Chinese and Korean women. They have their pros and cons. You will be hard pressed to find SD Green in these countries, although one Korean woman was a yoga teacher, but hovering somewhere between SD Orange and Green.

Western media distortion of life in Asia is a real thing, even in Europe.

If you really want to know a country and it's culture I would suggest to not look how you are treated but how they treat each other. Family dynamics and government dynamics are a big indicator of the country's development.

As a (white) foreigner you will be treated differently. White positive racism is a real thing I observed myself in SE Asia, they think you are more important than their own and will treat you better. That is why look beyond that and how they treat each other.

Oh and one more thing. Please stay away from Shark fin soup, it will not give you any benefit and only contributes to the murder of sharks.

Yeah, finding high stages is rare in Korea (especially in Daegu where I am). The women I've dated or people in general I've made friends with have been some mix of blue/orange; in my experience if they have ventured outside of their own countries and made an effort to integrate western cultural values, they are far, far easier to meet and hang out with.

Seems like they value stability over transcendence here. Korea is very conformist TBH. You should visit for a week just to do it, to see the history, then go. Japan probably has more depth, but I cannot speak to that from experience yet. But they make excellent places for those looking to accrue experience in their own evolution.

The only other Asain country I've spent time in was Mongolia. Both Mongolia and Korea have had thier cultures obliterated or heavily influenced by the Chinese and Japanese empires; I am so curious to see what it will be like to live in the big leagues of Asia.

Where in SEA did you live and what were you dong there?

[Joseph Maynor]

Have you explored Taiwan?  
 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Joseph Maynor

[LoneWonderer]

1 hour ago, WonderSeeker said:

Yes, I will be teaching. Honestly, getting a Z visa wasn't that hard. Few hundred to get documents authenticated and shipped. They do have a 2-year teaching experience requirement though (but I was able to get in with only 10 months in South Korea, so they're not 100% strict on it like they say they are).

I wonder what you mean by "crazy"  

Thanks for your reply insightful. Crazy just meaning shaking up my usual life a bit.

Ps: I like this chinese content creator makes videos on his life in China:

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by LoneWonderer

[PsychedelicEagle]

Cheers @WonderSeeker — really inspiring to read your trajectory.

Yea I've seen some videos by this guy (Zaza) — I like the originality of the content he provides. As a westerner who hasn't been to China yet, this is great to get a fresh perspective.

Edited 26 minutes ago by PsychedelicEagle