The Real Reason I'm Leaving China 

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All the best on your move to Portugal. Thank you for you positive and honest views about your life in China. Wish you and your wife all the happiness, peace and good health in the next stage of your lives.

Have a great journey ! Bless you all.

Wish you luck in your new adventures in Portugal

All the best for your new life in Portugal! Keep in touch on RU-vid.

Sorry to see you go. I myself have been here for 26 years and counting my Wife who is a local and myself own a stand alone house here on the outskirts of Beijing north of the sixth ring Road. I’m within 25 minutes of one of the Great Wall sections. I don’t often travel into downtown if I can avoid it I do love things here now that I’ve retired something I had to do because of the mandatory retirement age here for pilots being set at 60. And you are right the only way that’s a possibility is because my wife is Chinese. What struck home with me was what you mentioned about the possibility of tensions between these two big countries. I really have no desire to move back to the US and I do like it here but recently I’ve been wondering if we shouldn’t have some kind of backup plan. I do spend at least a few months in Europe specifically UK every year but the UK is not very easy to just up and move to. Their Visa requirements are quite formidable. So I’m currently looking at my alternatives. I’ve not visited Portugal yet. I almost did two weeks ago, while I was in the UK, but we couldn’t get the timing worked out. Definitely, Europe is the most attractive option I wish you luck in Portugal

Feel sad to hear that u r leaving. As a Chinese, I also feel it's too expensive. I live in Suzhou, a tier-2 city in China, but still too expensive for most people which could cost 4 million RMB to buy a 100m2 house. This is maybe the biggest problem of China's economy. Anyway, thank you for your videos and hope one day you can come back. I still expect more videos from you.

Good luck!!! Looking forward to seeing you on your new adventure and would love to see the house and videos of the renovations.

Thanks for all your great videos. Follow your hearts and dreams. Welcome back anytime for amazing and varied trips in the future. Best wishes !

Thank you for explaining your reasons to move to Portugal. Your plan is well thought out. It will be a success in your new venture. I certainly will follow your Chanel when you are ready to show your new house and the new living environments in Portugal. Your feelings about the US & China’s relationship and future development echoes mine as a Canadian of Chinese decent, even after 56 years in Canada. At 76 years old I hope that I do not have to experience the concentration camp as the Japanese did during the war. Thank you again for presenting a fair minded and true about China in your videos. All the best to you and your wife. Michael from Quebec CANADA

Following your heart is a good thing. All the best!

Very valid reasons. All the best and looking forward to your future content.

Living the simple life in an agrarian setting sounds wonderful when you have the energy and enthusiasm to tend the chicken, maintain the home, cultivate the land. After about 10 years, your ‘simple life’ on the farm becomes too demanding. The numerous chicken manure, scattered eggs, and daily feeding become laborious rather than a joy. And the weeds seems to grow faster than you can pull them out, and bugs and rodents devour your vegetables before you even notice their sprouting. Good luck, keep us informed.

Thank you for sharing your life story with us. All the best in Portugal! Another adventure awaits 😊

i respect your honesty .

Thank you! I wish you both the best! Can’t wait to see your garden!

天下无不散的宴席 Look forward to both of you starting a new leaf in Europe and your new stories from Portugal. Best of luck and bon voyage!

Good luck and thank you for your honesty.

Good luck on the move. My partner and I have plans to move to Portugal as well in 5 years time. Definitely excited to learn about your experience

Good luck to your new phase in life. Will continue to follow your channel. Cheers

Really Thank you for all the great sharing of your life in living in China, Best wish in your future journey 🙏

There is a sayings: Seeing the directions of birds migrations, one would know whether or not the lands are habitable and peaceful..Each and every country has its pros & cons..It is up to each individual to feel whether or not the lands they wanted to settle in are where they wanted to be..Sometimes, living in a country that feels SAFE and NOT BEING HARRASSED are more important to one than others who like the city's lifestyle of hustling bustling as in New York..

Thank you for your positive attitude towards China. I wish you all the best in your new trip in Portugal.

Best of luck in the future mate. Hope our paths cross at some point in Europe!

Wish you and Yvon a continued Success. We will surely miss you. please keep up the good work and keep being a good and honest person. God bless you

thank you for your vlogs, enjoyed them. wish you a good journey and happy life in wherever you go to!

The house in Portugal looks BEAUTIFUL, and the land looks terrific. I live on a farm myself, and came here from New York City, almost 20 years ago. I suspect you'll have lots of very entertaining adventures - city slickers in the country always do!

Best wishes to you and your lovely wife, in seeking a new life in Portugal.

We love your Chanel very much for your honest and impartial report, and we will stay with you! Good luck for your next life journey! 🎉🎉🎉congratulations to your new house!🎉🎉🎉

good luck mate. smooth sailing. keep more vids coming of life adventures.

Trip, enjoy very much your videos. Your content is insightful and filled with common sense. Sincerely wish your new journey in Portugal is everything you wish for. Sorry to see you leave but happy your stay was fruitful and enjoyable.

I youtube about China, been here 16 years went through the covid thing, lost my job and currently in a similar point of my life but single. Interesting video, understand EVERYTHING you spoke about. All the best to both of you.

All the best for your next endeavor in Porutgal. You guys gave us eye opening great information about China. Thank you guys once again.

Loved all your videos. It was great to hear an objective view of China from a non-Chinese who actually lives in China. But your life takes priority and sometimes it may take you to different places. Wishing you and Yvonn all the best in Portugal.

I'm very interested in seeing your future videos about how your life in Portugal going . Wish you guys all the best !

Keep in touch and let us know that you both are staying strong.❤

man, i wish you happy journey, i really like of your on the ground report and view on china. there are good and different in each country, i'm chinese. we chinese have our cultures but at least we are honest and don't talk behind your back after you leave us. unlike the japanese all politte and rituals but they jugde you after you leave. good luck fella. Sad day for chinese people a great loss.. of a good friend. I hope you can travel back and forward. china is a great place to buy and sell stuffs.

All the best to your next journey. Appreciate your honesty and openness! Just realize that you were in my home town Shaoxin!

wish you all the best! we chinese love those honest person who speak the truth like you!❤❤

Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed your unique perspective on life in another culture. Hope you and your wife find all the rural adventures just as exciting. All the best!

All the best on your move to Portugal n thankful for your truthful n fair opinions on China. May God bless you n your wife 🙏

You're great and wishing you all the best in your new life in Portugal!

Good luck in Portugal 😊, I am in Brussel , but I have freinds living in Portugal ... Thank you for this video , it true I have been following you for months now , and was quite surprised, that you were leaving China 🙏☺

best wishes👍 lots of love from Shenzhen❤️

Good luck with your move! I was way late to finding your channel, but looking forward to hearing about your experience in Portugal. Do you have any videos where you touch on how China has dealt/deals with homelessness?

Best of luck to you both. Looking forward to seeing you in your new rustic life !

Wish you good luck and all the best on your new journey in Portugal. Always enjoy witching your videos!

Good luck! Hope to see more of you!

Best of luck. I hope you are happy and content in your decision.

It was great hanging with you in your China journey. Best of luck with your latest chapter in Portugal where you can be closer to family.

many interesting Insides! Love it and wish you the best of luck for the upcoming months and years!

Sad to hear you are leaving, best wishes to your new life in Portugal. Come back to China for vacations in the future.

Sorry that you are leaving, but it doesn’t change anything, I am still watching you and Yvonne in Portugal!! Am very excited to see your new adventures

Good luck with your new adventure.

Have a safe journey!! I wish you well!!

Thank you so much for your honesty. I wish you well in Portugal, which I think is a nice option. Keep trying and documenting your journey. We will keep watching your videos.

Good luck and have a wonderful life in Portugal!

Foreigners buying properties has more conditions than Chinese but not that difficult. Many foreigners have bought properties. It is true that first tier cities in China are expensive just like New York, London, Tokyo etc. Furthermore, landed houses are even more expensive in first tier cities in China as compared to apartments. A change to landed house is good. All the best to your endeavor 💪✌️.

Very personal amd exciting adventures ahead. Would love renovation updates of your house in Portugal! Good luck 🎉

We love your informative video on China and learnt so much in this era of misinformation. Thank you for all you do and wishing you all the best in your new venture.

Wish you best of luck on your new journey!! Sounds really exciting.

All the best to you and your family. Wishing you success in your future endeavour. Good health and good luck.💐

All the best to Trip Bitten couple and thank you for your videos about China. I was a foreigner in another country and enjoyed the hospitality and economic opportunities given to me. I have no illusions why I should be treated equally like native local people and enjoyed whatever was available to me. As I grew older, I returned to my native country and enjoyed the positive differences while accepting the negatives compared to the foreign land.

wish you the best! building the life you want

So excited for your new adventure. Wishing you all the best. Would u change the topic to Portugal?

In some ways, not the Visa part, it's why after living in NYC in the 80's (I was also born there), I needed to get to more green. Got as far as Berkeley with easy access to the hills, but then after more years (a couple in Mexico), I've ended up in the ranch lands of SE AZ about 10 mi N of MX border. Thanks for all your helpful videos on China. Much appreciated. Best wishes for your new life in Portugal. (My cousin and partner live in rural Portugal but can't recall name of town. They're very happy there.)

I'm running a small farm in Canada. I think the Chinese property market will be open for foreigners in the future. Congratulations for moving to the countryside.

All the best. Hope to see more of your videos.

All the best guys. Will keep follow you.

Wish you luck! Yes show your house and the animals and the farm and the seasons. It's going to be very nice in Portugal. My sis in-law and her partner wanted to stay there but finally they went to Thailand .

Respect. Glad you guys are making decisions to get what you want in life and I'm sure there will always be ways to go visit China in case you miss anything there!

All the best to you. I lived in Hong Kong for 12 year, and I will be leaving HK in a few months. Like you, I longed to own a house with a big garden, which is not possible in HK except for the ultra rich. So I am moving to Malaysia where I grew up, sort of like a completing the full circle, Malaysia --> UK --> HK --> Malaysia. At a fraction of the HK price, I get to own a 3000 sq ft house with 4000 sq ft garden, in a secured estate. Please continue this channel, as I am sure lots of people are interested to see how you and Yvon get on in Portugal.

Welcome back all the time,enjoy the next journey

I totally understand, wish all the best on your future endeavors.

Best of luck on your new adventure!

All the best for the new beginning 👍

Good luck to you & wife for your new journey and found a place in this world that suitable for you eventually!

Good luck and Godspeed on your future and adventures.

All the very best to you and Yvon in your new phase of life. Ignore negative comments. Afterall, it is your life not theirs. Live the way and where you like.

祝您在葡萄牙的新生活顺利！虽然中国不是一个移民国家，但我有时候也觉得中国的移民政策有些过于严格了，对于在中国生活超过十年的高技能人才，发放绿卡是非常合理的。至于中美关系，我觉得没什么好担心的，中美关系可能会变差，但这不会影响任何人在中国的生活。

All the best !

大大的祝福～祝新生活顺利

it's quite understandable for you to move to Portugal due to your dilemma in buying a house in china and other considerations. thanks to you for presenting china in a positive way. looking forward to more videos about your future idyllic life in Portugal.

Sorry to hear that

Big change. Go well. I will continue to follow your journey.

thanks a lot for your honest video about you leaving China. I also left China even with a good salary because I wasn't too satisfied with the way they were treating students in the school that I was working for and about all the things around me. I really liked all the scenaries in China and all the facilities and apps but, there are many things that can't work out for foreigners even if many chinese are really awesome. I like your honesty as I told you before and I wish you the best. Just stay true all the time that's what the world needs. peace and see you someday in Europe.

Good Luck on your new Adventure..!!

Fully understand your concerns and your decision. I’m facing a similar situation and I’m trying to go back China after living in the USA for almost 30 years. My parents and in-laws are approaching 90 I just can’t afford the super long trip back to them if something happens.

Dude, I didn't know you guys were into farming??? I love content about composting, gardening and farming!! If you make content about that, I'll definitely follow that too!!

Good luck for your future wishes.

You are going to love your new life. Can’t wait to follow your journey.

Totally understand and so many unperceivable situation since US and China tension been spiraling downward. Good luck on ur stay in Portugal and you can always come back to China to visit.

good luck to you both and will continue to be subcribed.

Sorry to lose you two but best wishes for you two in your new place.

Good luck folks in Portugal.

All great reasons to leave. All the best for you both in the future!

More power to you guys. I'll be watching your next life style.

Please keep the videos calming on your life’s journey.

Yes. Good for you and your wife in your new endeavours. Portugal is good. My neighbour is from there and he has a house there with an acre. He refinished it with a North American style and materials and even a swimming pool. We were invited to go with them but the weather is too hot for us. We travelled by ourselves couple of times by ourselves. Thanks for your video. Just a thought Florida has no tax.

wish you all the best🎉