I really like these videos! It's so rare to find good listening material and this podcast format works really well. If I were to make a suggestion I'd probably make the 汉字 subtitles bigger and color just them, as I find it really easy for the eye to slip towards the translation or pinyin subs with this format
Stopped at 12 minutes-ish to make a comment specifically about the Canadian healthcare system (mostly expanding on what was said up to this point in the video): 1 - Healthcare is a provincial responsibility, so, quality of service varies from province to province 2 - Although it does take a long time to see a doctor in ER for minor issues, Rita's father case would have been taken care of promptly 3 - I'm really surprised that someone is not able to see a specialist for a broken bone in Ontario. In Québec, when I broke a bone, I was seen by a doctor in less than 2 hours and I was able to have an adequate follow up (I didn't need a surgery to heal my bone). At the end of each appointment I would have another one set up right away. 4 - I also agree that it is outrageous how long it takes to see a specialist, if you need one. Same for the family doctors issue. I think it's also necessary to talk about why a developed country healthcare system is failing behind like that. But it's also a provincial debate and Ontario's prime minister is just not the right person to fix it in Ontario, the same goes for Legault in Québec.
Our “free” healthcare has slowly gone to absolute dog sheet over the past years. People are gaming the system and bringing their entire families to see our doctors which has only made wait times worse. Not to mention all the recent immigrants who’ve come here with no infrastructure in place to support them. Not only that house prices have sky rocketed where I as a born and raised Torontonian can’t afford jack sheet. I don’t see things getting any better if our government doesn’t do something about it. You and I and the future generations will have to just endure the suffering. Our healthcare is not what it was 20 years ago.
It's a failure to provide resources, and largely a political choice. When government spends on healthcare, they get the money back in taxes quickly. However many governments are cutting healh budgets in favour of infrastructure spending or tax breaks, which often further reduce revenues or increase costs as a side effect.
I was told by a Care Coordinator from Ontario's Home and Community Care Support Services that wait time for Chinese specific retirement homes like Yee Hong or Mon Sheong in Toronto is actually like 19 years as of end of Aug 2024 when I spoke with them. I was so shocked.😮
Thanks a lot for the fantastic material. As a suggestion: Would it be possible to not include the background music? At least for me, this is distracting.
I’m 36, single, retired and just came from China. (Videos on my channel) It was enjoyable, but that’s because I have been to 60 countries and I don’t go to tourist areas. I speak 9 languages, so I can go almost anywhere I want.
i don't think china has better healthcare. My father was there in a small city and a car hit him pretty badly. When they brought him to the hospital the docs said they were not able to operate him, he was losing a lot of blood from an vein or artery. We had to use connections of my cousin to bring a doctor from a nearby bigger city to operate him. After that we had to pay him extra money as red bag (hongbao). Then once he was stabilised we moved him to a bigger city hospital to do the ops of his broken bones in shoulder and legs, and same happened, unless you have connections and give a lot of extra money as hongbao, you don't get the doctor "motivated" to work well on you.
Jun Laoshi knows the north of Toronto area has a huge Chinese population to the extent people in their 20-30's arrive and still can't speak English after 10 years. They find no need to. All their daily living can be done in Mandarin. People from Hong Kong however can speak English. People still think you can move to a country whose language is foreign to you and learn it by just being there. No, it takes work and study in any language. The Canadian medical system is rated better than the USA and won't send you into personal bankruptcy. Canada spends far less of its GDP on health care (10.4 percent, versus 16 percent in the U.S.) yet performs better than the U.S. on two commonly cited health outcome measures, the infant mortality rate and life expectancy
It shows how China has changed for better. My inlaws and relatives only came to USA to help bring up young grandkids, but they dont want to live in USA at all. And some older who came overseas to live with adult kids are moving back to China. American healthcare is expensive and gatekeeper with insurance. America has lower life expectancy than most advanced nations.
I find China is a very liveable place to retire, specially with the dollar exchange, low crime rate, affordable health care, excellent cuisine and tons of activities for seniors. The only thing that is holding me back is the language.
if you don't have ambulance cover with private health insurance in Sydney Australia it might cost $445 (2020 yuan) + $4/km unless you have a concession card or such - www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/our-services/accounts-and-fees
I lived in the US and I can't see myself retiring in China especially after the seeing how things were handled during COVID. I can't imagine being in my older years and enduring the lockdowns and daily testing. Imagine if something like this happens again. You never know. Generally, when you turn 65 you can start collecting Medicare in the USA so if you retire in China you'd be giving that up. Furthermore I feel like the air quality certainly makes a difference when it comes to health. I just came back from Beijing and there were a few days where the AQI numbers reached dangerous levels and was 100+. Breathing in all that polluted air is equivalent to smoking daily. We all know how bad the pollution can get especially in the winter months where some days you can't even see the sky. Pulmonary fibrosis is a condition that causes the tissue around the air sacs in the lungs to thicken and scar and is the result of long term exposure to toxins in the air. I have elderly relatives in China that have developed this illness. Maybe I'd consider living in China for a couple years after retirement but not long term. I feel like Taiwan is option worth considering for retirement if you prefer Chinese culture, affordability, convenience and a great healthcare system. Just my two cents
What a propaganda from a CIA agency. 😂Anybody (especially Chinese) been on the ground in the three countries will know the truth which most probably will differ from your observation and experience which are clearly bias and dishonest to begin with. No country can avoid mistakes including China. Important thing is improvement. In fact there are 10 to 20% Taiwanese living in Mainland China. Over the past few years including after the Covid lockdown many Chinese living in America have left the US, "land of the free". By the way, many people (I'm talking of hundreds of millions annually) have visited China and Taiwan even regularly including my extended family, so your mudslinging is futile to say the least. Do some home work before attacking someone. Don't be lazy. 😂😂
In fact many patriotic American scholars, not me, have opined that there will be high chances of civil wars on the horizon in your beloved USA. Wish Americans all the best. 🙏
This explains why China has surpassed America in life expectancy. Like the sheer over exaggeration of it all. Btw I actually lived thru the covid lockdowns in China. It was a nothing burger and actually didn’t mind it. I was quarantined in a hotel where food and 24/7 healthcare was provided for like 10 days upon my arrival from South Korea too. Such a unique experience. Finished a few books, watched movies. I was fed and can also order delivery. This is my opinion but there are some who didn’t like the lockdowns. All perfectly valid.
I don't know if the lockdown was good or bad for the oldies. Comparing the numbers of deaths of the vulnerables including the oldies, between the USA and China, I feel the lockdown benefitted the vulnerables with the cost being carried by the working population and businesses. On air quality, there are many cities in China with good air quality. Also comparing China's growth and investment in Green tech i think it'll be a very different world in 10 years time. Another thing to consider is the diet in the aged care sector or hospitals. In the USA they serve sugar, icecream, cold food cold drinks etc. There's generally a lack of 养生 concept. The medication and treatment philosophy is overly leaning towards targeting symptoms. In saying that tho, I don't think retiring in any of the 1st tier Chinese cities would be a good idea. 3rd tier cities may not have the required services. You'd want to look at 2nd tier cities where there's a good balance of cleaner air, less congestion, good services and more value for money cost of living.
You two are really hopeless. Your parents should not expect their children to take care of them. You should not expect your children to take care of you. So be prepared. Advice from an 87 yrs old. :-)
I love listening to my Chinese teachers! 🤩
I really like these videos! It's so rare to find good listening material and this podcast format works really well.
If I were to make a suggestion I'd probably make the 汉字 subtitles bigger and color just them, as I find it really easy for the eye to slip towards the translation or pinyin subs with this format
No question. It's better to retire in China.
Stopped at 12 minutes-ish to make a comment specifically about the Canadian healthcare system (mostly expanding on what was said up to this point in the video):
1 - Healthcare is a provincial responsibility, so, quality of service varies from province to province
2 - Although it does take a long time to see a doctor in ER for minor issues, Rita's father case would have been taken care of promptly
3 - I'm really surprised that someone is not able to see a specialist for a broken bone in Ontario. In Québec, when I broke a bone, I was seen by a doctor in less than 2 hours and I was able to have an adequate follow up (I didn't need a surgery to heal my bone). At the end of each appointment I would have another one set up right away.
4 - I also agree that it is outrageous how long it takes to see a specialist, if you need one. Same for the family doctors issue.
I think it's also necessary to talk about why a developed country healthcare system is failing behind like that. But it's also a provincial debate and Ontario's prime minister is just not the right person to fix it in Ontario, the same goes for Legault in Québec.
Our “free” healthcare has slowly gone to absolute dog sheet over the past years. People are gaming the system and bringing their entire families to see our doctors which has only made wait times worse. Not to mention all the recent immigrants who’ve come here with no infrastructure in place to support them. Not only that house prices have sky rocketed where I as a born and raised Torontonian can’t afford jack sheet. I don’t see things getting any better if our government doesn’t do something about it. You and I and the future generations will have to just endure the suffering. Our healthcare is not what it was 20 years ago.
It's a failure to provide resources, and largely a political choice. When government spends on healthcare, they get the money back in taxes quickly. However many governments are cutting healh budgets in favour of infrastructure spending or tax breaks, which often further reduce revenues or increase costs as a side effect.
一直在享受听着你们俩的话，真的最爱的博客之一。
In US, it is the same, if you live in the country side you are screwed.
家有老，莫遠行。養老忌諱去陌生或者說不熟悉的地方
希望政府赶快放开外籍国人回国养老，能让这些人加入医保行列！
I was told by a Care Coordinator from Ontario's Home and Community Care Support Services that wait time for Chinese specific retirement homes like Yee Hong or Mon Sheong in Toronto is actually like 19 years as of end of Aug 2024 when I spoke with them. I was so shocked.😮
That’s crazy😱
I'm just surprised that there are so few nursing homes for the Chinese community in Ontario
Thanks a lot for the fantastic material. As a suggestion: Would it be possible to not include the background music? At least for me, this is distracting.
@@YourDeKay there’s the audio version without background music on Spotify! Search “Chinese Unfiltered”😊
I’m 36, single, retired and just came from China. (Videos on my channel) It was enjoyable, but that’s because I have been to 60 countries and I don’t go to tourist areas. I speak 9 languages, so I can go almost anywhere I want.
More unfiltered videos please!!
@@wiggmanoriginal on the way!
The grass is not greener the other side than at home
Almost these chinese are trapped by america the zombi wonderland. 😂
i don't think china has better healthcare. My father was there in a small city and a car hit him pretty badly. When they brought him to the hospital the docs said they were not able to operate him, he was losing a lot of blood from an vein or artery. We had to use connections of my cousin to bring a doctor from a nearby bigger city to operate him. After that we had to pay him extra money as red bag (hongbao). Then once he was stabilised we moved him to a bigger city hospital to do the ops of his broken bones in shoulder and legs, and same happened, unless you have connections and give a lot of extra money as hongbao, you don't get the doctor "motivated" to work well on you.
Jun Laoshi knows the north of Toronto area has a huge Chinese population to the extent people in their 20-30's arrive and still can't speak English after 10 years. They find no need to. All their daily living can be done in Mandarin. People from Hong Kong however can speak English. People still think you can move to a country whose language is foreign to you and learn it by just being there. No, it takes work and study in any language. The Canadian medical system is rated better than the USA and won't send you into personal bankruptcy. Canada spends far less of its GDP on health care (10.4 percent, versus 16 percent in the U.S.) yet performs better than the U.S. on two commonly cited health outcome measures, the infant mortality rate and life expectancy
It shows how China has changed for better. My inlaws and relatives only came to USA to help bring up young grandkids, but they dont want to live in USA at all. And some older who came overseas to live with adult kids are moving back to China. American healthcare is expensive and gatekeeper with insurance. America has lower life expectancy than most advanced nations.
France is the best place for retirement. You virtually make more money while retired than at work. So keep it up guys!!! :)
人往高处走，水往低处流
I find China is a very liveable place to retire, specially with the dollar exchange, low crime rate, affordable health care, excellent cuisine and tons of activities for seniors. The only thing that is holding me back is the language.
老师，chinese unfiltered 中文怎么说呢？
“未过滤的中文”？用中文直接翻译的话有点奇怪，所以我们还没有正式的中文名😆
@@RitaChinese 期待老师们取的中文名。非常喜欢也非常感谢老师们给我们录的这些播客！🫶🤗
@@blessblissey 太好啦！很开心你喜欢我们的播客！
Nope...not always Indonesian elite chinese goes to Singapore
加拿大安省叫一次救护车45元
好便宜！
if you don't have ambulance cover with private health insurance in Sydney Australia it might cost $445 (2020 yuan) + $4/km unless you have a concession card or such - www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/our-services/accounts-and-fees
I lived in the US and I can't see myself retiring in China especially after the seeing how things were handled during COVID. I can't imagine being in my older years and enduring the lockdowns and daily testing. Imagine if something like this happens again. You never know. Generally, when you turn 65 you can start collecting Medicare in the USA so if you retire in China you'd be giving that up. Furthermore I feel like the air quality certainly makes a difference when it comes to health. I just came back from Beijing and there were a few days where the AQI numbers reached dangerous levels and was 100+. Breathing in all that polluted air is equivalent to smoking daily. We all know how bad the pollution can get especially in the winter months where some days you can't even see the sky. Pulmonary fibrosis is a condition that causes the tissue around the air sacs in the lungs to thicken and scar and is the result of long term exposure to toxins in the air. I have elderly relatives in China that have developed this illness. Maybe I'd consider living in China for a couple years after retirement but not long term. I feel like Taiwan is option worth considering for retirement if you prefer Chinese culture, affordability, convenience and a great healthcare system. Just my two cents
dn`t come they don`t need you ,
What a propaganda from a CIA agency. 😂Anybody (especially Chinese) been on the ground in the three countries will know the truth which most probably will differ from your observation and experience which are clearly bias and dishonest to begin with. No country can avoid mistakes including China. Important thing is improvement. In fact there are 10 to 20% Taiwanese living in Mainland China. Over the past few years including after the Covid lockdown many Chinese living in America have left the US, "land of the free". By the way, many people (I'm talking of hundreds of millions annually) have visited China and Taiwan even regularly including my extended family, so your mudslinging is futile to say the least. Do some home work before attacking someone. Don't be lazy. 😂😂
In fact many patriotic American scholars, not me, have opined that there will be high chances of civil wars on the horizon in your beloved USA. Wish Americans all the best. 🙏
This explains why China has surpassed America in life expectancy. Like the sheer over exaggeration of it all.
Btw I actually lived thru the covid lockdowns in China. It was a nothing burger and actually didn’t mind it. I was quarantined in a hotel where food and 24/7 healthcare was provided for like 10 days upon my arrival from South Korea too. Such a unique experience. Finished a few books, watched movies. I was fed and can also order delivery. This is my opinion but there are some who didn’t like the lockdowns. All perfectly valid.
I don't know if the lockdown was good or bad for the oldies. Comparing the numbers of deaths of the vulnerables including the oldies, between the USA and China, I feel the lockdown benefitted the vulnerables with the cost being carried by the working population and businesses.
On air quality, there are many cities in China with good air quality. Also comparing China's growth and investment in Green tech i think it'll be a very different world in 10 years time.
Another thing to consider is the diet in the aged care sector or hospitals. In the USA they serve sugar, icecream, cold food cold drinks etc. There's generally a lack of 养生 concept. The medication and treatment philosophy is overly leaning towards targeting symptoms.
In saying that tho, I don't think retiring in any of the 1st tier Chinese cities would be a good idea.
3rd tier cities may not have the required services.
You'd want to look at 2nd tier cities where there's a good balance of cleaner air, less congestion, good services and more value for money cost of living.
后背音乐很可笑。为什么加了吗？
You two are really hopeless. Your parents should not expect their children to take care of them. You should not expect your children to take care of you. So be prepared. Advice from an 87 yrs old. :-)
Said one thing in the 40s, another in their 60s then most in the state of denial by 80s.
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ ᠦᠦ