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Thread: Should I retire in China? If so, where?
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[quote=GUEST51112,371972]Hello Jim, Hello China interested, it seems that you not only want to simply retire you look for an employment as well. I give the following comments: 1. As an native English teacher you will have very good possibilities. You can join schools and get good salaries and you direct are welcomed into the new environment. Drawback, you will have less time for own Chinese language studies or trips around – depending on your contract and the school you can be more busy than you want. The advantage you get the working visa. If you would offer private lessons instead you would get not a working visa for that. 2. For retiring, China is may be not the typical country. The problem for elder people I mostly see is, that they are not so flexible for adapting to a new (really different) culture, food and language. Important for many a good service of doctor or hospital, even if you have the language barrier is there. For the west European who are used to enjoy a mild climate with cold winters, the hot Chinese summer climate is not enjoyable. But that seem to be similar in climate as the humid climate that you describe. The recommendation from the member “LUMMERLA...“ with the city of “KunMing” I can only emphasise. The south western province YunNan is in my view a favourite because of many reasons. One is the climate. There is much to say about that, but that I exchange by feedback or via Skype. Before making long term decisions I recommend to stay for some month in China. I have been 2 years in China and for me it is still great. But there are many foreigners they miss their country and so many things. So the decision if China is the right country to retire is something due to the individual character. 3. About 3 years ago I bought an apartment in China. At this time it was simple to get half year visa for China. With the Olympic games they changed their visa policy and now you get only one ore two month. I hope that will soon change again. I do not see, that there is another visa for people who want to retire in China. You can work or go to school or be a businessman. Presently as a tourist you are kicked out every few months. Not to forget, most foreigners are married with a Chinese, so you can stay there easy. 4. Next year I will return to China and see the options I have. Because of the present situation I look for alternatives as well. I still think that YunNan and SiChuan have great places and I would like to live there for a long time, but I have to be patient. Therefore I was looking for places to stay in Asia and found this page as well. May be there is someone who also have experiences in staying abroad long term and can recommend interesting places. I’m in the 40th and not retired, therefore I have to look that the expenses are low. I saw that in India north of New Delhi you have some favourite places for long time travellers/retirement. I would appreciate your feedback Best regards Dirk [/quote]
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