Living/Study/ Work in China

[Adrien C]

What up guys.

This year I'm finishing high school in France and I need to take a desicion for next year.
This year I started studing Chinese as I know that knowing Chinese plus French, Spanish and English could get me a good job.

Problem is I still don't know if staying two more years in France ( wich kind suck) to study international businnes and chinese, so I could then go to China to get work experience and then apply for a well paid job.
The other solution like my dads puts it, would be to just go to China next year to work/study there even though I'll be paid Chinese salary so I can get first hand experience ( and it would be also faster leraning chinese)

The first option would be nice as I would get a solid education needed in Europe, but I would still have to freaking study witch, is really starting to boreeeee me to death, plus it would mean 2 more years for my dad to keep paying me ( wish he can, but I want to start making my own money)

And the second option would be more fun; but fuk knows how it would be in China.

So do any of you have tips, or info about life/work/study in China?
Any of you learning Chinese ?

 

[Ravioli]

Hm, tuff choice. As for me, i would want a secure future that has no possibilites to get screwed up. So getting the foundations of a secure future would come first hand for me, thus staying in europe another 2 years. But i could be wrong

 

[redruM]

Chinese is fuking hard.

I tried learning mandarin from a self-learning book thing but I couldn't really keep up. It must be a lot easier if you have a teacher though.

 

[Kaptain H]

Hey, I know Chinese. I used to be Mandarin linguist when I was in the army. I'd love to do the same thing you're talking about after I graduate college in May, but I know that if I don't go before I find a job, I'll likely lose the chance. Going to the country of your target language is always the best way to develop your skills, and I really recommend you take the opportunity.

Chinese is fuking hard.

It's really not that bad, once you understand the basic structure of the language. 其實, 漢語的語法比較簡單. 沒有英文那么複雜!

No conjugation, no plurals or cases, easy to pronounce, and with vocabulary that makes sense. Not to mention marketable.

 

[<RJMC>]

become a mime

after all you are french!

or maybe bake those uber hard breads that can pierce trough the armor of a tank,maybe the chinese army will be interesed

 

[repiV]

What up guys.

This year I'm finishing high school in France and I need to take a desicion for next year.
This year I started studing Chinese as I know that knowing Chinese plus French, Spanish and English could get me a good job.

Problem is I still don't know if staying two more years in France ( wich kind suck) to study international businnes and chinese, so I could then go to China to get work experience and then apply for a well paid job.
The other solution like my dads puts it, would be to just go to China next year to work/study there even though I'll be paid Chinese salary so I can get first hand experience ( and it would be also faster leraning chinese)

The first option would be nice as I would get a solid education needed in Europe, but I would still have to freaking study witch, is really starting to boreeeee me to death, plus it would mean 2 more years for my dad to keep paying me ( wish he can, but I want to start making my own money)

And the second option would be more fun; but fuk knows how it would be in China.

So do any of you have tips, or info about life/work/study in China?
Any of you learning Chinese ?

You should speak to kirovman, he lived in China for a number of years. I've wanted to go to Shanghai/Shenzhen/Hong Kong for a long time, but I've not had the opportunity so far. The money you earn there should go a long way though - as a barely-qualified EFL teacher you usually earn between 300 and 500 pounds a month, and that's enough to live a very nice lifestyle indeed.