Frankieneedles

I spent 4 years teaching in China. One of the best experiences of my life. I highly recommend it.

My only advice, staaaaaay away from recruiters. They are all scum and they aren’t trying to help you. They are probably pocketing over 50% of your salary.

Perfect. I would expect around 25k+ in a major city. But you’re good.

Good luck! Enjoy your time there. I saved aloooot while I was there. I suggest you make Chinese friends so you can send your money back to your home account. It’s difficult to take money out of the country. You can only exchange $500 a day. So it’s a pain. Try and learn basic mandarin. Directions and ordering food is more than enough. Lol. Make sure when you have vacation time. Like spring festival and the national holiday in Sept/Oct to check out other counties. Bali. Thailand. Etc.

How much are you making of you don’t mind me asking? I went through the same thing. The Chinese recruiter pays foreigners to convince you to take offers. So you’re more comfortable. I went through ChinaESL and a woman named Rebecca. If anyone ever goes to Beijing. DO NOT, consider them.

It works best if you can have your employers send it to you overseas account. Or friends. I used both.

I thought since there was a Citibank on my street I could just deposit there. But even though it’s Citibank, in China, the rule still applies.

The only other option is to make sure your Chinese debit is union pay. And then you can with draw any place in the states that has a 7-11. But again. There are limits and you can save quickly there. So it becomes tedious.

I’ve been home for 3 years now so things may have changed. I would research it. My wife still has over $100k (she lives there for 10 years) in her bank account there because of this reason.