China has many new opportunities for foreigners to work and live. China is a fascinating place to visit.China pays the best in teaching English in Asia.
It pays licensed teachers from the US/UK even more than the Middle East!! Not when I first came back in 2014 but now, yes! I wish more US teachers knew this 🎉
Hey, great video. Would love to learn more about how you take care of yourself as a Black woman. Ex: hair, skin, clothes, and health. Just wondering how you navigate those things.
It's really brave being able to make such a big decision because unfortunately, not everyone is brave enough to take that leap and continue living a life they aren't happy with. I don't feel like that right now, but I hope if I do, I have your bravery to take that leap and live my life to the fullest!
Hi Aleese, I just turned 33 and I also just moved to NYC from Palmy, New Zealand, I also followed you on Instagram..❤ your story really resonates me and it made me wonder if I should keep on looking for other job opportunities or just keep it for another year or two .. honestly coming to the U.S. is a big culture shock to me and I am still adjusting.. I am inches my way to the mid 30 and I just want find a place/job where I feel comfortable. Also I don’t wanna be a quitter so I might just stay and try to work hard for a year or two and see how it goes Really like your content and keep up with the good work ❤
Aw, great video! We are currently getting ready to move to Nantong, China, for August 2024. We have x2 children and I am of similar age to you. We just want to have an adventure with our family while they're young London is suffocating at the moment. I've been watching you since we started looking for places to teach abroad. Just want to say thank you for being real with your videos. As long as you post, I'll be following. 😀
Well a city right next to Shanghai while everything not as expensive, a very wise choice. And believe it or not, China won’t fail you, as long as you work hard, just like the US back in last century when we Chinese all look up to and admire it.
Omg. II also lived in China when I was a child. Make sure they learn Chinese early on if not beforehand. And make sure their teachers aren't allowing them to not learn.
Aleese I’m moving back to china end of 2024, move to us since the 80’s after living here all these years was great and now just don’t want be here anymore disappointed
@@jafaiyan1276 I know immigration has taken a toll but when we first visited Guangzhou in 2014, there was a place called Dengfeng district literally called " Little Africa" packed with Africans, the shop keepers said the number was over 100k at that time. I was shocked I hadn't expected to see that many Africans in China. I'm sure the number is less now because of C 1 9 but in 2019 Dengfeng was still filled with Africans but this is population counting by non Asian standards.
PS It sounds like you communicate really well with your family! I stayed in China (back then I was in a small town outside Hangzhou) during the pandemic and my people were NOT happy about it, but I had the same reasons!! My paycheck was never interrupted and I’m a homebody, anyways 😂
Just discovered your channel today. I love it! Great personality and storytelling. I left the US in 2008 the say way you did, Google search for a job related to travel. I see teaching still comes up. I started in South Korea in the EPIK program and now live in Hong Kong since 2011. I agree with your assessment about the safety in China especially for single women. It has been great! I'm looking forward to viewing more of your content. Cheers!
I always enjoy your videos, Aleese!! Hope that you will run another tour in China next year as I’m very interested but I already have a trip booked in 2024.
awww thanks so much!! Wish you could join this trip!! But fingers crossed there will be more in the future! Where is your other trip happening instead?
@@AleeseLightyear I will be doing the River Cruise in Europe this October (which will use up all my vacation time LOL). We will embark in Amsterdam and cruise along the Ryan River all the way to Budapest. 😀
I love your videos so much! Been watching a while and I have learned sooo much! Keep going! You are doing great! Much love from Massachusetts! ( hope to see China one day 🙏🛫! ) until then keep Vlogging! 🥰
Awesome video per usual! Just throwing it out there, maybe consider teaching English in the UAE. High wages, zero tax, and most living expenses included…AND there’s like 2 men for every woman there! 😂 My mom and I went a few years back and we LOVED it. She said it was raining men 🤣🤣🤣
I’m currently working through getting my TEFL certification through the same International TEFL Academy! I also want to go to China too! Speaking of, could you do a video over your visa process? I hear it can be difficult
Hi Aleese. In your opinion, the most advantageous job for a foreigner to do in China is teaching English? I really wanted to go into the literary field, but I never see anyone saying anything about it.
Well I’m Chinese so I may have misunderstood the word “literary”, do you mean translating? Or do you mean literature studying? Or do you mean creating? Or if you could tell me what kind of job you are thinking of?
@@Sthefaany well I’m not trying to discourage you, I’d love to see more foreigners come to China. But based on my own pity little understanding, to do such jobs you need to be extremely fluent with Chinese, and when I mean fluent I mean even better than 星悦, the youtuber @pkulila5658. She is the foreigner I know on RU-vid or social media who speaks mandarin the best. Ah I just remembered a Russian girl in THU who is better than Lila, she speaks like a native and even understands ancient Chinese. You may need to be as good as that and it’s not so easy.
@@Sthefaany yet book translating is much easier than interpreting. As long as you can understand what the book says. Though it can make some really funny mistakes. Well one gets to learn right?
@@Alex_k_Q Thank you very much for the information. I just started college, so I believe I have some time to move towards fluency in Mandarin (mainly because I'm going to study it during college). I will follow the mentioned RU-vidr to learn more about the culture and also the language
Hi Aleese, I would like to know if it's a good idea to travel to Chine during summer ( July or August?) I would like to visit Beijing, Shangai and Hong Kong. I am planning this trip for next year lol kinda early lol !!!
Good morning Sis, I'm currently living in South America, Brazil to be precise and I teach English. Just want to ask a question; would you be kind enough to give me some information about teaching experience in China? Thanks. .
@luckyefosa7381 dude I am French and I am preparing to go live in brazil I am quite fluent in Portuguese and brazil is my dream country how is the teaching experience there.I just want to live there.
Well are you economically independent? If not, stfu and listen to your provider; if you are, just pack your things do whatever you wanna do and send them post cards xD. BTW, in China, we were taught by some China-haters who now got revealed now that Americans (idk if you were American, just impolitely assuming) are very independent when we were young lol
People poop on the subway in NYC. The number of times I got on the train in the morning to steaming piles of crap was disgusting. I don't miss NYC at all.
Hello Aleese, I am glad to hear that you are enjoying your teaching experience in China. I am also interested in teaching there, but I have some questions about the requirements. Do you need to have a bachelor's degree to teach in China, in addition to the TEFL certificate? I would appreciate your response. Thank you.
200 bucks goes a long way in China!!!! You should snap the deal now!!!!! A few of my family members are like "stay in your race." I'm always like, I'm German and my mom is white, my siblings are white. Your brother married a white woman.....🤣 That's different! 😞 I moved to China when I was 41. Why not? A a super duper left-over, I can do whatever I want, right? I've only one responsibility, really. 😂
aleese: i have watch some youtube channel that mentioned there is large unemployment (big tech companies are laying off ppl, large youth unemployment), bank run, malls/stores closing and real estate bubbles in china vs other youtube channel that praise china about their infrastructure like the efficient clean trains, how safe etc. can you tell us the real deal what is the state of china right now as of Feb. 2024? how is the economy in china right now? do you see alot of store/malls empty or close due to out of business or what?
@@AleeseLightyearwell chinese new website are discourage by you know who if they paint a negative report on anything about china. i just want to hear from you if you see it from your own eyes if there are alot of shops that are closed and chinese ppl that you talk to if they are having difficulty finding jobs or recently got laid off?
I’ve always wanted to move to Beijing for work. But not much luck finding a job there on the web. I joined some site before n need to pay a fee n was told they will send my cv around China and not came from that. If anyone know of any good and reliable sources please let me know. Thank you
i think africans would be interested if you interviewed chinese small farmers, who raise chickens, pigs, cows, goats, fertilizer, etc... This would be beneficial. Also, vietnam and thailand. Plus use of drones for midsize and large farms. cheers.
just curious Aleese.. i made a friendly comment and you delete it.. that was really offensive.. i always promote you and in return i get a spit in the face instead.. am un subscribe..
RU-vid's comment filter sometimes blocks comments out. Meaning I didn't even see it before they delete it. So it's not me reading your comment and choosing to delete it. What did your comment say anyway??
