Originally Posted by
UA_Flyer
The issue is timing and to the degree the policy will change. There are many expats and locals who build and invest their careers on globalization and China being big part of globalization.
Unfortinately time is not infinite, people have obligations and responsibilities to themselves and families, and also not many have 3 to 5 years ( we are already in year 3 of Covid)to wait around to let their career and businesses sitting in uncertainty. I am sure things will recover eventually (geopolitics permitting), but I have to move on instead of waiting. I will be happy to see everyone who has invested in their career in China prosper once it is all over and see geopolitics is not longer an issue on a long term. My best wishes to everyone in this thread who all have stakes in China,
Wow, I could not agree more with this entire post.
In the beginning of 2020 I had everything set up to move to China for at least 1.5 years for a big career change. For better or for worse that never happened and I haven’t been to China since 2018.
I pretty much gave up around mid 2021 (ironically about 1.5 years after the theoretical initial start date) as the rest of the world was going back to normal. Nowadays even if the border was open, things have changed and the same move wouldn’t be possible for another 3-5 years if ever.
At some point, waiting for too long is 守株待兔, or in other words, waiting for a windfall that might never come.
I look forward to coming back as a tourist one day
