I got tired of Chinese take out, so I came for the food, stayed for the women. There is good and bad in China or at home in Canada. Its called venting, frustration in dealing with difficulties.

 Speaking of home complaints, white trash welfare bums, taxed to death, police constantly hassling over stupid things like speeding, I can't legally change a faucet in my kitchen without having to get a permit and hiring a plumber and they're aren't enough hookers here.

 If you are having a Bad China day, find some way of escape, more beer? I've always had bikes, so driving outside the city or just along ride in town, listening to my tunes and maybe a few beers along the way did it for me.

I'm staying to finish a job I set out to do, and once that job is finished here, then it's AMF.

I agree with Ted.

Venting and dealing with frustrations. China is a land of contraries that make small things send one over-the-top once they reach the BCD stage:

Good food that is cheap and plentiful...cooked in sewer oil.

Lack of regulations that allow you to buy a driver's license or scooter...daily near-misses on the roads AND sidewalks.

Beautiful women who retain their femininity and figures...who know their value on the 'market' and are materialistic and grasping.

Jobs in education for those with no education teaching those who don't care about education...run by those who know nothing about education, have no education, and care nothing about education.

Freedom from "nanny states" and their endless PC rules...visa rules and regulations that change daily and from city-to-city, person-to-person.

Cheap, fast and efficient mass transit...built cheaply and fast, over-filled by the masses and hence more risk to one's life.

Cheap products and a lack of sales tax...that fall apart after one or two uses and tax one's patience.

Outwardly open and friendly people...who will cut you open if you're too friendly with their women.

A lot of venting and ranting, sarcasm and pot-shotting is sometimes just tongue-in-cheek. Just like FB and twitter, there should be a breathalyzer attached to every computer and mobile to prevent PWI (Posting Whilst Intoxicated).

Leaving in 11 hours.  That is my cure.  Lalalalalala.  On the good side, life in China has given me so many stories to tell that I will never need for life experience again.  :)

  Personally I don't trash China. I mean, i've seen the complaints, all too often, and get bored with them. I'm not saying I don't see truth in pretty much all of them, i'm just saying I find them easy to understand. They're usually rooted in economics. The roads? Go back a few years it was all bicycles, what can you expect? All I know is that back in London my days were long, my work was dull, and my rewards were few. It's that simple. It seems that if, like me, you were bottom rung on the western ladder of ultimate promise, moving to China is a step up. Here I teach for just a few hours most days and that keeps me in a comfortable apartment and a comfortable life, doing a job that I honestly enjoy. I like the challenge of learning the language, it makes the day to day mundane things interesting again, plus I have free-time to invest in my family, play the sax, do whatever; I don't feel like such a wage slave, in fact I feel pretty lucky. I don't get a lot of the stuff I hear about the Chinese having a negative attitude towards foreigners, I really, truly don't. In 7 years here, my overall impression has been a very positive one indeed. I'm always kind of waiting for it to change, but until it does, i'll go along with it. Life ain't easy anywhere. You gotta count your blessings. If you got more to count back in your own country, then that's the place to be and China's just a holiday I guess. Otherwise, stop whining.

I'll tell you why i wish I was in China, I came home alone, couldn't get a visa for my Chinese GF. My hot tub sits empty. If I was in China I could fill it with company or hire some every day. I'm now going out to walk my dog, I love her, but it's not the same, besides Collies don't like water.

I think for the present, China is the best place for a start-up venture. WIth 18 million people in Beijing, no matter what you sell, a few hundred people will buy one every day. Did you know the average street vendor pockets over 1,000 rmb net daily?  And they have no overhead or taxes to pay!

They must be drugging the drinking water.

Where else would we go?

How many expats in China are men?  Most.

What do men think about 10 times more than anything else?  Women.

It's the only thing that keeps us here.

Well...not all of us came by choice but we all stay for the same reason.  Am I wrong?

I think for some foreigners here "no extradition" has a lot to do with it.  Honestly, I met a lot of street cons here.

I think for some foreigners here "no extradition" has a lot to do with it.  Honestly, I met a lot of street cons here.