As an American is it possible to retire to a small village in rural China? If so, how would a foreigner be treated in the village? How much would a property cost? Can I bring with me a hot tub to install on the property, starlink internet, dirt bikes, etc... Would these things be stolen or is village life safe?

Hello everyone!

I am, very likely, moving to Nanjing early next year. I am from Latin America and have been studying mandarin for a few years now (and even so, cannot have a full conversation yet). The plan is to start a PostDoc at Nanjing University.

I decided to make this post because I am scared (lol), I need help and advice on how to settle in China. Stuff like how to look for an apartment, how to negotiate rent, what would be the best course of actions and strategies to manage everything, since this is my first time in China. I have no idea where to start! Is there a website where I could look for acommodations? Should I stay 1 week in a hotel and visit some apartments before making my decision? Should I get myself a cellphone with AI translation to communicate better?

I have so many questions that I can't even list them all here. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

谢谢你们！

How do you feel about John Cena? How do you think the general view is of him in China.

I was listening to Joe Rogan recently and they mentioned John Cena his and the drama regarding Taiwan falling with an apology to China.

I'm just curious where his popularity landed after that event? Was ever popular in China to begin with?

Sorry if I used the wrong flair.

hi! i saw in a video that we create the chinese name, and we can choose the characters based on aesthetics or meaning. could you help me?

i was thinking of xīn yí which means "quiet" and "happy" but i don't know what characters i can use that look good together and don't have a strange meaning in the combination. on the website where k saw the meaning, it is listed as "可欣" but i saw that "新银" can be used. which one is better? if neither of them has that meaning, which one should I use?

Hi guys, I was wondering what the legality of these three?

Chinese class wise, I know university classes are off the table. I would like in person classes that are affordable so where would I take classes that are legal while in Shenyang?

Volunteer wise, it is legal? I’d like to volunteer and cook Chinese meals but I’m not sure if gifts or unpaid work is… part of volunteering? I saw a bloke do train volunteer work as a foreigner on china life.

Lastly… Can I take accounting classes from america remotely under a university?

Important piece of information, I’m working in China.

Much appreciated

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is this worded correctly?
"当我看着你，我看到我的未来岁月在我的眼"

i need to know it because i don't want to send something offensive, thanks!

My partner and I are going to China, landing in Fuzhou first to see family. But after we will spend a week and 3 Days to travel around.

Where should we go, my Mandarin is semi washed up ngl and my partner doesn't speak Mandarin at all.

Advice on where to go for fun. Our budget is about 15,000 Yuan.

compared to european architecture, chinese architecture looks very underwhelming. look at the interior of the palace of versailles, the hungary opera house (i don't remember the name), the winter palace in russia and gothic architectural style buildings. not only to they look massive, it's decorated to the max capacity. compare this to the forbidden city; it looks very small in comparison considering it is built length-wise. even in china, there are so many imitations of european cities but few recreations of chinese architecture

EDIT: it's just my opinion. i'm chinese too

Hi,

I have question... maybe dumb but need help.

As european tourist i could go to China for 15 days.

As far as i know, Hong Kong is excluding from this Visa.

I want to go to Hong Kong first. Then fly to Hainan island for 7 days and back to Hong Kong.

And then [maybe same day] go from Hong Kong to Shenzen for another 7 days.

If I go to China and then HK and Chen is is treat as multiple entry? Can i make like that as Tourist?

If i will stay betwen Hainan and Shenzen for eg. 3 days in HK the 15 days visa period 'pause' for this 3 days and can i enter again to Shenzen and stay 7 days or will exceed the visa limit?

I'm sorry if its dumb question but im confused now and want to buy a tickets

I am visiting a Chinese business partner in a few weeks. I am coming from Europe. He is born March 1980, year of the monkey. What is a good gift to get him?

Hi, I'm travelling to chongqing in December. I came across CTrip - are the local tours reliable? Can I book them through that app? Or do you have suggestions where I can book local tours?

Also, I'm keen to do 写真 and have narrowed down a few styles and shops from 小红书. Do I need to RSVP my slot in advance, or go directly to Hongyadong on that day (will slots run out?)

Any tips and tricks in general - especially food?

Thank you very much!

Is China really communist in name only? When I look at regular videos of China, it looks just like America, except much more futuristic and without any homelessness or people dying on the streets.

If that’s what communism means to China these days, sign me up.

From what I see, young people are pursuing great lives, in their studies or work of their choice, raising families, having fun, taking vacations.

I get that the government still has ownership in some companies and that elections aren’t as diverse (like there ARE elections of some kinds, the congress picks the president I think no? And the people pick the congress?

Sounds like democracy to me. But let’s call it “communist” to throw the western world for a loop, thinking that China is a backward grey authoritarianism. Meanwhile the west sits back not worried about China and not paying attention because it’s a “communist” country but China is having the last laugh as they forge ahead in just about every way you can advance humanity.

TL, DR: China is a country that allows independent thought and allows a high quality of life and modern world. China tells everyone else it is “communist” so that the outside world will sit back and watch, meanwhile in the inside, China is one of the the best places to live in the world.

My Chinese gf is studying in the US and she will get calls from her father like once a month where she only listen and he talks non stop for over an hour.. is that weird? She isn’t having a normal back and forth conversation. She never talks to her parents often.. only when her dad calls like once a month and talks and she only listens.

Help me understand /China

Thank you

Hi, I’m an international student in China, Can anyone tell me please if I can renew my visa in China even if it still have so many months until it expire. My situation is I don’t want to wait until 5months later then I renew my visa because I don’t stay in China in next 6months so I wanna renew it before I leave China and when I come back to China I won’t have problem with visa orr I don’t need to fly back to China to extend my visa to 2025 so can anyone tell me is it possible to to renew or extend visa too early? (6months until it expires) Thank you

I'm searching for a college or university to go into an academic international exchange, but researching in the internet and then going into the oficial college or university web the major doesnt exist, so is nursing in china kinda not like a major, or does it have another name or something, if not can you please recommend good universities or colleges to study nursing abroad?