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Today, it's all about teaching English in China- what follows is an excerpt from the book, The Wealthy English Teacher: Teach, Travel, and Secure Your Financial Future
, where I rank China as an "okay" destination because while it does have plenty of good things going for it, there are some significant negatives as well.
China is very
similar to Vietnam in that it is an up and coming country with a growing
economy and rising salaries for ESL teachers but has a very low cost of living,
especially outside Beijing and Shanghai. It also has the huge advantage of
having an in-demand language that could benefit you greatly in your future
career if you use your time there to become fluent. China is not in the
top-rated group for a few reasons including: while salaries for the private
institute jobs are reasonably high (but you will have to work hard for
it--around 30 teaching hours/week), they are very low for university jobs, and
it is quite difficult to find a quality job in China simply because it is such
a big place and there is not that much information.
Perhaps the biggest drawbacks and
the main reasons why I would not go there are the pollution and lack of safety
standards for things like food, manufactured items and infrastructure, police
unwillingness to get involved in any disputes involving a foreigner, difficulty
in getting money out of the country, a very poor quality of health care as well
as lack of freedom as it relates to the Internet. I depend on things like Facebook
to keep me connected with my friends and family around the world and do not
want to have to deal with trying to get around this with proxy servers and
other such annoying things.
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