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An e-mail to a friend this morning got me thinking about what it’s like to live in China.
By “live”, I don’t mean in the common temporary sense, as a short-term contract teacher or business person might, but rather as someone who has no firm plans on the if and when of their eventual departure.
Moreover, it got me thinking not just about living in China, but the quality of that living.
The big sales pitch that is always thrown around to lure folks here on a lower-than-home salary is that the “standard of living in China is much lower”.…
read more...This is a question that is continually asked of me by friends, family and – perhaps most often – myself. Will I ever leave China?
The short answer is: Yes, God yes!
The long answer, however, is a little more complicated. The truth is, I’m starting to like it here. Now before the boys at Sinocidal all grab their bats and plan an intervention, I should clarify.
There is a crapload about this country that I hate, and I’ll always hate. Despite having heard the “you’re a guest in this country” line from an endless number of well-intentioned, completely…
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