Comments on: Where To Live in China

By: Cho Yung

Cho Yung — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:22:39 +0000

Shanghai or Hong Kong would be my best bet. Been to both and they are awesome places to stay.

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Culture » Blog Archive » Where To Live in China — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:08:22 +0000

[...] from Matt Schiavena’s post: Clearly, different people come to China for different reasons. Here I present a guide attempting [...]

By: zodiaclove

zodiaclove — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:39:36 +0000

hola
I can’t agree with what you wrote really….
please explain further a bit more for me

thank you

By: canrun

canrun — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:30:08 +0000

No one ever seems to mention Zhuhai. I can’t think of a more livable place. Next to Macau. 50 minutes by ferry from HK airport. Clean. Good weather. Small but friendly expat community. Shhhsh! Don’t tell anyone, I guess…

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:44:35 +0000

You don’t mind the cold, as long as it’s not too cold, like clean air, don’t care much for history or culture, must have a local supply of seafood and preserved cabbage, and don’t want to be surrounded by Westerners all the time (but a bit of the time is OK). Choose Dalian.

PS: End up speaking Chinese like a rotten oyster is permanently stuck in your mouth.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:19:05 +0000

Kunming would be quite nice… this is a good list. But where are the semi-first tier cities with more Chinese culture for businessmen, like Dalian, Chongqing, and the like?

John – pollution in Hong Kong is not bad at all, the air is much cleaner than neighboring Shenzhen, which is much cleaner than Beijing itself.

By: China Law Blog

China Law Blog — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:43:33 +0000

Where To Live In China…

Matt Schiavenza’s China Journal Blog did an interesting post on where to live in China. The post is entitled, appropriately enough, “Where to Live in China,” and it is meant to serve as a guide for expats, depending on their category. Schiavenza des…

By: phil

phil — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:32:55 +0000

Ill add another one… You’re a recent college grad bent on living the dream of a tribal warlord in central asia. You have a basic set of scientific and engineering skills and specialized in organic chemical synthesis. You plan to set up a rural methamphetamine lab to placate the local population and give your increasing number of loyal peasant soldiers stamina and rage. Your next step is a coup d’etat and a life of luxury and despotism. Your location: Kyrgyz Republic.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:32:40 +0000

You’re a 50-something alcoholic who’s abandoned his family on the other side of the world to come and teach English in Asia. You’ve been kicked out of Cambodia for reasons you’ve never satisfactorily explained, and now you’re looking for a cold, desolate place where you can drink yourself to death while teaching at the local agricultural university to make enough money to cover your daily half-gallon of baijiu.
City: Harbin.

At least, I saw one guy like that, and it seemed to be working out for him. I dunno; after a year up there I moved down to Beijing and I’ve been here ever since.

By: John

John — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:00:26 +0000

On the mainland, Beijing (although since I’ve never lived in Shanghai I can’t guarantee I wouldn’t say Shanghai if I knew the place; I like Chengdu, which would be high among my second choices). From my POV, it’d have to be somewhere that caters to foreigners. Cons: air quality; winter temperatures; dry climate; static electricity; hordes of bloody foreigners; hawkers; pesky market traders; soulless.

However, if we’re going to include the SARs, then Hong Kong without question. One place in China where I feel at home. Cons: appalling air quality; overcrowded; expensive; hordes of bloody foreigners; Indians trying to get you to buy suits; Africans trying to get you to buy fake Rolexes; typhoon season; humidity.