I do teaching. Started Korea, Taiwan, then Vietnam. China screwed up on reference letters right before covid. So i built a 3 story houses beachfront Vietnam, Nha Trang 2023, married gf of years 2020. Wedding cash. Now buying a house in Sapa Vietnam 2024, holiday home. I am from California, left usa 2008.
@@sagepirotess6312 I left 2007 for Philippines but wasn’t successful, I came to China in 2010 , I like it here but considering moving to somewhere else to retire. Not sure my destination yet.
I visited all Asia while in Korea, lots time off. Vietnam always felt good to me. Korea safe good weather, infrastructure, and money. But very xenophobic. Vietnam friendly, warm culture, pretty nature. Made lots friends via travel, married one.
@@akejuifeoluwa4632 dont think any of the 3. Saying that... an investment visa works well. It's like 40 to 80k depending on what of the country. It sits in an account and gets 6 to 9% interest. You get a 3 to 5 year visa. At some point you can also buy a condo get 3 to 5 year, renewable. Or open a business, employ a few viet. Stay. A business in Vietnam is cheap, easy to start, Taiwan so so, korea high end.
That's a spectacular success story, John. You're totally set-up already, for your next chapter in life. Nice to have so many options at a relatively young age. Well done and keep moving forward!✅ 👍
I’m trying. I was thinking to just retire but I know I’ll be extremely bored. So I’ll keep doing this for now to avoid the boredom. It’s nice to know I can walk away if I want though. No more working for a job I don’t like.
i lived in china fo 15 years and i can confidently say that china was the best choice i have ever done , china changed my life to the best . so i always tell people learn chinese it will attract opportunities
As someone who lived there for 7 years, it’s absolutely true, my rent in a brand new building, 3 room duplex lol, was 2500 RMB, and I was getting paid about 23,000-25,000, sadly I didn’t save shyt but yeah , it’s absolutely true
Yep it's true, I live in Shanghai and have saved around 100k USD in the last 5 years without really trying. I'm not a big drinker or party guy, and my rent is 1/4 of my income, And if I'd been more serious about saving then it could have been double that amount. And yeah I know guys here who earn way more than me but splurge it away on crap they don't need.
And rent in the US takes up all of your income, people can barely afford to eat after they pay their taxes and rent and forget about turning on your lights on, electricity is expensive and all the rest like insurance, politicians are in a different universe, they expense everything out of the government, they bill the gov for the clothes they wear, the car they drive, the food they eat, they don’t even know things are expensive when they expense the company for their everyday necessities
As an American, one must not exceed a certain amount otherwise I must pay US taxes, I don’t remember the cap but Americans are required to pay international taxes.
For foreign earned income (Chinese money in my case ) if it’s less than $120,000 USD I don’t need to pay tax in America on my foreign income. Only need to pay on my stock market gains. Anything over 120,000$ USD earned in foreign income the tax is regular rate.
Thank you very much for sharing. May I ask more like, what stocks you've bought for the dividend ? I'm learning to invest in the US stock market from Canada now.
This was an outstanding video brother.. I would say, this success can be contributed to 15 years of making smart decisions and learning from your bad decisions .. Maybe you can talk about your dividend portfolio in the future what stocks .. and how much did it require an investment to get to $7000 in dividends a year Also, the job that you have does it require a college degree ? Do you have to be able to speak Mandarin? Another aspect that I’ve learned about you unlike most expats.. you actually embrace the culture got to know people, and that led to great opportunities.. I will say you have one of the best channels when it comes to information on China and life in general.. Your channel has been a blessing.. I would love to link up with you sometime. Do you have social media or a way to contact you? God bless Semper Fi. thanks for all the hard work you do your major motivation, brother!
Hey sent you message on IG.. do you recommend being in country to apply for gigs in China? I saw your video how you went to Shenzen and pulled it off..
@@MsPriyaLal I’ll look for your message in IG , but what I did was 15 years it’s not that way anymore really. Best way is to get an agent. Most are reputable nowadays just avoid the Facebook scammers.
How comes your dividends are constant at 7000~USD each month? Is it some ETF that spreads out the dividend payments to make it monthly? Because normally dividends are paid once each year or once per quarter and they also drastically change between each payment, so a constant dividend sum across multiple stocks over months or years basically never happens. I assume it must be some special type of investment.
One of my regrets is not following my initial plan back in 09-10, and relocating to China. I let all the negative talks deter me. Been looking into other countries, but plans haven't been working out and I keep gravitating back to China. To think how different life would be today, had I taken the leap.
If talking about teaching.... 0 money goes to rent. Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan pay it. Korea is great because of many bonuses and health care. Can save 10 to 15k a year. Do a side job, save 25k+
@@s.vortex I strictly invest in dividend stocks. Mostly diversified index divided ETFs or stocks are that pay high yields that are in the S&P or Nasdaq
@@viewpointabroad If you don't mind, are these large more well known dividend stocks and the brokerages as well? Naming one or two of each would be helpful. You really stepped out! 👍
There used to be a Syrian-Canadian guy with two degrees teaching English , math and science in Qingdao and he makes over US$8000 per month. He worked for 8 years but quit his job and went back to Canada.
Great content! I am a USA certified PE teacher at an international school in Guangzhou. How did you find your bilingual school? Did you use a recruiter? I'm on Search associates and GRC now. You have the dream job now.
Aren't there a lot of schools in china that work teachers hard and to exhaustion? Did you ever work in such a school in all your years? Looks like your experience and knowledge there helped you find opportunities that gave you balance.
Yes , I’ve worked a couple places that were stressful and kinda sucked. But also some of it is your own mindset. I found for myself that about 4 years is the longest I can stay at a place without becoming annoyed.
Not wanting to stick my oar in, but 42 is too young to retire. You might find you live longer than you were expecting to and run out of dough. Mate of mine, his parents made a MILLION (woooh!) by age 45 back in '95 and retired, 30 years later they're broke. I would advise making your next investment project a 5 acre homestead so you can be self sufficient in food and energy (which is rich) while you still have some decent working life left in you because it can run out quicker than you think.
Next time would be interesting to show what stocks you own and total investment that brings 7 k in dividents per month . I would be interested . I have some extra to invest and i am seriously asking 😊
@@viewpointabroad yeah but in order to get 7000$ per month i guess is a lot of cash invested . Please share with us some details i am really interested and many others are i am sure . What amount invested ( in 3 years as you said) brings 7k monthly . Be honest pls
I'm new here. Am I right in thinking that you look around regularly? Are you being watched by the authorities? Is there a threat of danger? How exactly do you earn your money there?
Also I may add, I genuinely don’t think everyone can do this teaching stuff, it takes a lot, in my 10 year span I am still consistently learning and it’s been a rough journey
I’d love to live in China. I have Taiwanese citizenship and with that comes that Chinese permanent residency card but it’s not easy to go from here to there. People here look at those going to China like traitors and always warn us that we might be arrested and jailed in China and so on. I was thinking about moving to Kinmen first and just taking couple of days trip to Xiamen in China to get the feel of it.
@@viewpointabroad how did you get into investing or where did you learned it? I never got into it coz I’ve been afraid to be scammed or not knowing what I’m doing and so on… so I mostly just save all the money that I can
Do you prefer billingual schools ? So many in the international teaching community say they only want to work at Tier 1 International schools and otherwise they feel its not worth it. Its like an elitist attitude
I prefer to avoid the intentional schools. Most international schools have a huge workload . Lots of hours , lots of paperwork, lots of bs to do that’s useless. For public schools and most bilingual schools the hours are a lot less and they tend to be more relaxed and the pay is similar sometimes even the same. Even if it’s less I’d rather take less money less stress less work over those international schools. I’m speaking from experience as I’ve done them all.
Very wise advice about financial discipline and planning ahead. Money and power flows from those who live beyond their means to those who live below their means.
Easy ! You can send 50,000 per year from the bank , after 50 then you can ask a friend or gf or gf family member to send another 50k and so on. Also I take several trips per year out of the country and carry 5-10k cash and exchange it for usd while abroad and use my Charles Schwab card at any atm worldwide for 0 fees and deposit it into my account. It’s not difficult.
@@viewpointabroad I see. My wife is Chinese and always considered moving there one day. Don’t have a bachelor degree though. So not sure English teaching would be in reach without
I think if you don’t have much friend especially in China helps, as you know Chinese people likes to treat each other when they go out or expected to treat when you are dating too. Hard to save up for some people
I treat friends all the time but they often refuse it or we take turns. One time I’ll buy next time they will but I try to not let them treat me unless they are really persistent. My good russian friend is the same. We always take turns. Only Americans and other and brits and South Africans split the bill. I prefer the Chinese or Russian way though.
I will also like to add that how amazing that is that you were able to deposit $4000 so easily in a ATM.. in America, they would be asking to look at your butt hole.. China gets a bad wrap about freedom, but it seems they are rather lenient on many things.. Also, I forgot to mention, I am completely surprised that you haven’t gotten married yet for a wonderful woman? maybe you can do a video quality wives.. or maybe that’s of a statement because you can find good wives anywhere in the world..
@@captaindad5057 yeah , it’s a bit of a touchy subject nowadays. I had a girlfriend for 7 years or so. She was good we just parted ways because we had different goals in life but no major issues. But maybe I was lucky. It’s hard to find someone that is suitable to spend your life. Or maybe I’m weird and too picky
For example if your US pension is $1,264, less the 33% for expenses John mentions, you'll have $845 e/a month to spend on xtras such as trips around Asian countries and other things you want to use that money. Just live in basic decent comfort. When you travel don't stay in a hotel room all the time but in a hostel at $ 6 per night, air conditioned, wifi access, with a bathroom, eat cheap but healthy meals, take mass transit. Just spend the $ 845 ( in my case) wisely. Do what John does as a coach or find a business to get into. Think of the opportunities living in China for example exporting or even importing products. Say your country needs to import certain products ,become an importer or for example your country exports a product which is in demand in China become an exporter of such a product. Put your creative mind to work and you'll succeed. Never be afraid of failure. "Most people miss opportunities because is dress in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison
I do teaching. Started Korea, Taiwan, then Vietnam. China screwed up on reference letters right before covid.
So i built a 3 story houses beachfront Vietnam, Nha Trang 2023, married gf of years 2020. Wedding cash. Now buying a house in Sapa Vietnam 2024, holiday home.
I am from California, left usa 2008.
@@sagepirotess6312 I left 2007 for Philippines but wasn’t successful, I came to China in 2010 , I like it here but considering moving to somewhere else to retire. Not sure my destination yet.
I visited all Asia while in Korea, lots time off. Vietnam always felt good to me. Korea safe good weather, infrastructure, and money. But very xenophobic.
Vietnam friendly, warm culture, pretty nature. Made lots friends via travel, married one.
@@sagepirotess6312 I loved Da Nang when I was there. I drove a motorcycle down the coastline and the scenery was picturesque, I’ll never forget it.
@viewpointabroad which of these countries that you are heading to offers retirement visa?
@@akejuifeoluwa4632 dont think any of the 3. Saying that... an investment visa works well. It's like 40 to 80k depending on what of the country. It sits in an account and gets 6 to 9% interest. You get a 3 to 5 year visa.
At some point you can also buy a condo get 3 to 5 year, renewable. Or open a business, employ a few viet. Stay. A business in Vietnam is cheap, easy to start, Taiwan so so, korea high end.
That's a spectacular success story, John. You're totally set-up already, for your next chapter in life. Nice to have so many options at a relatively young age. Well done and keep moving forward!✅ 👍
I’m trying. I was thinking to just retire but I know I’ll be extremely bored. So I’ll keep doing this for now to avoid the boredom. It’s nice to know I can walk away if I want though. No more working for a job I don’t like.
i lived in china fo 15 years and i can confidently say that china was the best choice i have ever done , china changed my life to the best . so i always tell people learn chinese it will attract opportunities
@@iSamSignature same experience as me. China has been good to me.
As someone who lived there for 7 years, it’s absolutely true, my rent in a brand new building, 3 room duplex lol, was 2500 RMB, and I was getting paid about 23,000-25,000, sadly I didn’t save shyt but yeah , it’s absolutely true
Gotta invest that money bro
@@viewpointabroad
He wasted his money on Starbux, Pizzahuax, expat bars and ....😂
Did you invest it inside or outside of china?
@antoinecappelleri185 U. S. Stock market
Yep it's true, I live in Shanghai and have saved around 100k USD in the last 5 years without really trying. I'm not a big drinker or party guy, and my rent is 1/4 of my income, And if I'd been more serious about saving then it could have been double that amount. And yeah I know guys here who earn way more than me but splurge it away on crap they don't need.
Yep , it’s all about mindset. You’re doing good. Put some of that away for future !
@@viewpointabroad And I might add that I don't have kids. There's no way I could have done it if I had!
And rent in the US takes up all of your income, people can barely afford to eat after they pay their taxes and rent and forget about turning on your lights on, electricity is expensive and all the rest like insurance, politicians are in a different universe, they expense everything out of the government, they bill the gov for the clothes they wear, the car they drive, the food they eat, they don’t even know things are expensive when they expense the company for their everyday necessities
@@jenme4796 yes utilities are a huge factor, I pay 30-40 USD a month for my electricity, gas and water combined.
$40000 RMB really live like king in China . With quality food , decent apartments,
I’m sold on China. Just got to do it. Been in Dubai, Oman, and Saudi. Teaching in the states sucks and I’m ready to make money again.
As an American, one must not exceed a certain amount otherwise I must pay US taxes, I don’t remember the cap but Americans are required to pay international taxes.
For foreign earned income (Chinese money in my case ) if it’s less than $120,000 USD I don’t need to pay tax in America on my foreign income. Only need to pay on my stock market gains. Anything over 120,000$ USD earned in foreign income the tax is regular rate.
Thank you very much for sharing. May I ask more like, what stocks you've bought for the dividend ? I'm learning to invest in the US stock market from Canada now.
Mostly higher yield ETFs. You guys in Canada got a lot of good choices.
If you make less than $100,000,,u would not need to pay us taxes but the secret is u can save
It’s 120,000$ now. But I have to pay taxes on my investments.
That’s awesome! I had no idea teaching earned that much. I’m semi retired here but bored as hell. I might start a business here
@@SebStanner that’s the main reason I’m not retired. Boredom!
@@viewpointabroad yeah. Stay busy. I gotta open a cafe. Something.
@@viewpointabroad if I could teach I’d love to. Here that is.
Teachers profession are very respected in China
@@tedysubandy5299 as it should be. Few jobs are more important.
This was an outstanding video brother..
I would say, this success can be contributed to 15 years of making smart decisions and learning from your bad decisions ..
Maybe you can talk about your dividend portfolio in the future what stocks .. and how much did it require an investment to get to $7000 in dividends a year
Also, the job that you have does it require a college degree ? Do you have to be able to speak Mandarin?
Another aspect that I’ve learned about you unlike most expats.. you actually embrace the culture got to know people, and that led to great opportunities.. I will say you have one of the best channels when it comes to information on China and life in general.. Your channel has been a blessing.. I would love to link up with you sometime. Do you have social media or a way to contact you? God bless Semper Fi. thanks for all the hard work you do your major motivation, brother!
@@captaindad5057 my Instagram is in bio and my email is on the about page. Feel free to reach out !
@@viewpointabroad I tried to click the link, but it says unavailable for some reason
Search instagram thedividendnomad
@@viewpointabroad thank you sir
Hey sent you message on IG.. do you recommend being in country to apply for gigs in China? I saw your video how you went to Shenzen and pulled it off..
@@MsPriyaLal I’ll look for your message in IG , but what I did was 15 years it’s not that way anymore really. Best way is to get an agent. Most are reputable nowadays just avoid the Facebook scammers.
Very Good, 加油加油 😃😃😃
How comes your dividends are constant at 7000~USD each month? Is it some ETF that spreads out the dividend payments to make it monthly? Because normally dividends are paid once each year or once per quarter and they also drastically change between each payment, so a constant dividend sum across multiple stocks over months or years basically never happens. I assume it must be some special type of investment.
@@Egal0190 there are many monthly paying dividend ETFs like Jepi , jepq, SPYI, svol etc..
do you have to pay tax in china for that 4000 us dollar or is it cash and you don't have to pay tax in china?
It’s money made here in China. I have to pay tax on it here but not in U.S.
One of my regrets is not following my initial plan back in 09-10, and relocating to China. I let all the negative talks deter me. Been looking into other countries, but plans haven't been working out and I keep gravitating back to China. To think how different life would be today, had I taken the leap.
Can’t live in the past. Think about what you can do now to make life better. I hope your plans will start working out for you in the near future.
@@viewpointabroad Thank you! You are right. I'm moving forward and aiming for 2025. I just have one tiny obstacle, then I'm set. 🙏🏾
@malinda.malinda cmon , you can do it.
If talking about teaching.... 0 money goes to rent. Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan pay it. Korea is great because of many bonuses and health care. Can save 10 to 15k a year. Do a side job, save 25k+
Can you tell us what stocks you invest in? Do you go for dividend stocks only?
@@s.vortex I strictly invest in dividend stocks. Mostly diversified index divided ETFs or stocks are that pay high yields that are in the S&P or Nasdaq
Invest in a US-based ETF that follows the S&P - let it compound and watch it make $4k for you everyday
I am really intetested in which stocks you are investing in and what you use to manage your investment.😊
I only invest in dividend stocks. I use several different brokerages to manage my accounts.
@@viewpointabroad If you don't mind, are these large more well known dividend stocks and the brokerages as well? Naming one or two of each would be helpful. You really stepped out! 👍
Do all teaching jobs pay that well? I'm a qualified teacher and thinking of spending some time working in China.
@@tottifan6979 not not all but if you’re a native English speaker and have QTS you’ll make 4-5k USD easily
What's QTS?@@viewpointabroad
There used to be a Syrian-Canadian guy with two degrees teaching English , math and science in Qingdao and he makes over US$8000 per month. He worked for 8 years but quit his job and went back to Canada.
Great content! I am a USA certified PE teacher at an international school in Guangzhou. How did you find your bilingual school? Did you use a recruiter? I'm on Search associates and GRC now. You have the dream job now.
@@BDet1989 recommended by some contacts I have here.
If you can make some moves and ship things from China to other countries can still make a lot money.
Aren't there a lot of schools in china that work teachers hard and to exhaustion? Did you ever work in such a school in all your years? Looks like your experience and knowledge there helped you find opportunities that gave you balance.
Yes , I’ve worked a couple places that were stressful and kinda sucked. But also some of it is your own mindset. I found for myself that about 4 years is the longest I can stay at a place without becoming annoyed.
Not wanting to stick my oar in, but 42 is too young to retire. You might find you live longer than you were expecting to and run out of dough. Mate of mine, his parents made a MILLION (woooh!) by age 45 back in '95 and retired, 30 years later they're broke. I would advise making your next investment project a 5 acre homestead so you can be self sufficient in food and energy (which is rich) while you still have some decent working life left in you because it can run out quicker than you think.
@@Gooders478 I was actually looking at buying some farmland in rural Philippines 🇵🇭. My kids are there. I also was considering some farmland in Japan.
@@viewpointabroad Hard to say where's best eh? I'm English, unfortunately. If I was American I'd go to Texas, build a cabin and start a brewery. :)
Hi wondering which city?
Next time would be interesting to show what stocks you own and total investment that brings 7 k in dividents per month . I would be interested . I have some extra to invest and i am seriously asking 😊
I mostly invest in high yield income ETFs
@@viewpointabroad yeah but in order to get 7000$ per month i guess is a lot of cash invested . Please share with us some details i am really interested and many others are i am sure . What amount invested ( in 3 years as you said) brings 7k monthly . Be honest pls
I'm new here. Am I right in thinking that you look around regularly? Are you being watched by the authorities? Is there a threat of danger? How exactly do you earn your money there?
Well, if you watched the video you’d know. I only said it several times in the video. 😭
Also I may add, I genuinely don’t think everyone can do this teaching stuff, it takes a lot, in my 10 year span I am still consistently learning and it’s been a rough journey
Teaching can be stressful depending on what you’re teaching and where. It can be a very mentally exhausting job. It’s not for everyone
Shit, no 56 yo high school dropout Is gonna make that!! If I could make 1/4 of that, I'd be on the next plane out!!! Help!!!
invested in what?
stock market, dividend paying stocks
I’d love to live in China. I have Taiwanese citizenship and with that comes that Chinese permanent residency card but it’s not easy to go from here to there. People here look at those going to China like traitors and always warn us that we might be arrested and jailed in China and so on. I was thinking about moving to Kinmen first and just taking couple of days trip to Xiamen in China to get the feel of it.
I’m kinda the opposite. I’m curious about visiting Taiwan as it’s one of the places I’ve never been yet.
@@viewpointabroad how did you get into investing or where did you learned it? I never got into it coz I’ve been afraid to be scammed or not knowing what I’m doing and so on… so I mostly just save all the money that I can
Just go and visit, they will love you
Would be nice if you talk more about your portfolio allocation. ETFs ? Individual stocks ?
I have a RUclips channel dedicated specifically to that.
@@viewpointabroad Awesome. What is the name of the channel ?
@@viewpointabroadcan you link to it?
4000 dollar you have a nice income in china
Do you prefer billingual schools ? So many in the international teaching community say they only want to work at Tier 1 International schools and otherwise they feel its not worth it. Its like an elitist attitude
I prefer to avoid the intentional schools. Most international schools have a huge workload . Lots of hours , lots of paperwork, lots of bs to do that’s useless. For public schools and most bilingual schools the hours are a lot less and they tend to be more relaxed and the pay is similar sometimes even the same. Even if it’s less I’d rather take less money less stress less work over those international schools. I’m speaking from experience as I’ve done them all.
Who do you work for?
I teach P.E. at a bilingual school 🏫
What a title! Thank you for sharing 😂😂😂
It’s true. That’s how I got money. 😀
$7000 per month guaranteed, no risk? You need at least 150,000$ to invest? I'm dumb, just guess😂
You need more than that.
Very wise advice about financial discipline and planning ahead.
Money and power flows from those who live beyond their means to those who live below their means.
I do wanna work in China especially in tech industry but I have a feeling that it's gonna be a hell of competitive.
It's mainly scary work-life balance. My friend chose to work for a foreign company in China to get better working hours even if it paid less.
@@Poe168 yeah. Super competitive and loads of work. 6 days a week 12-14 hour days.
work remote else gonna be 996 or 007 😂 but remote probly not feasible while in China cos you gotta use VPN.... remote with foreign companies of course
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Now being able to get it out of China
Easy ! You can send 50,000 per year from the bank , after 50 then you can ask a friend or gf or gf family member to send another 50k and so on. Also I take several trips per year out of the country and carry 5-10k cash and exchange it for usd while abroad and use my Charles Schwab card at any atm worldwide for 0 fees and deposit it into my account. It’s not difficult.
@@viewpointabroad That's awesome. Also easy to get insured over there as a foreigner ?
@@exorc1st995 not sure about self insurance. My work provides health and life insurance for me. I didn’t need to pay anything.
@@viewpointabroad I see. My wife is Chinese and always considered moving there one day. Don’t have a bachelor degree though.
So not sure English teaching would be in reach without
@@exorc1st995 minimum requirement is bachelor degree. The only job you’d get without a degree would be a consultant of some sort.
I think if you don’t have much friend especially in China helps, as you know Chinese people likes to treat each other when they go out or expected to treat when you are dating too. Hard to save up for some people
I treat friends all the time but they often refuse it or we take turns. One time I’ll buy next time they will but I try to not let them treat me unless they are really persistent. My good russian friend is the same. We always take turns. Only Americans and other and brits and South Africans split the bill. I prefer the Chinese or Russian way though.
I will also like to add that how amazing that is that you were able to deposit $4000 so easily in a ATM.. in America, they would be asking to look at your butt hole.. China gets a bad wrap about freedom, but it seems they are rather lenient on many things.. Also, I forgot to mention, I am completely surprised that you haven’t gotten married yet for a wonderful woman? maybe you can do a video quality wives.. or maybe that’s of a statement because you can find good wives anywhere in the world..
@@captaindad5057 yeah , it’s a bit of a touchy subject nowadays. I had a girlfriend for 7 years or so. She was good we just parted ways because we had different goals in life but no major issues. But maybe I was lucky. It’s hard to find someone that is suitable to spend your life. Or maybe I’m weird and too picky
How come there are no chemtrails? It's almost shocking how clear the skies are there.
I live in a smaller city not much pollution here. Bigger cities have more pollution due to manufacturing etc ..
I'd say the air quality in big cities has also substantially improved in the last ten years.
@MichaelZhuang yes it has.
but really hard to wire money oversea eh？
China earn, China spend?
@@DavidB-oj1wi not really. I don’t have problem doing it.
How long can i survive on $15000 in China without working?
For example if your US pension is $1,264, less the 33% for expenses John mentions, you'll have $845 e/a month to spend on xtras such as trips around Asian countries and other things you want to use that money. Just live in basic decent comfort. When you travel don't stay in a hotel room all the time but in a hostel at $ 6 per night, air conditioned, wifi access, with a bathroom, eat cheap but healthy meals, take mass transit. Just spend the $ 845 ( in my case) wisely. Do what John does as a coach or find a business to get into. Think of the opportunities living in China for example exporting or even importing products. Say your country needs to import certain products ,become an importer or for example your country exports a product which is in demand in China become an exporter of such a product. Put your creative mind to work and you'll succeed. Never be afraid of failure. "Most people miss opportunities because is dress in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison
@@akejuifeoluwa4632 3 years+/- enough to live decently
Depends on what city you’re living in and your lifestyle. About a year is doable though !
Good answer !
@@viewpointabroad Can I come play professional football in China?
Three stacks for teaching/investing! And living on a third of it! Damn, you more Chinese than some Chinese lol.
Is this post sponsored by the Chinese government?
Wow , that’s original