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miguel82

for chinese even 6000 is acceptable

Nov 13, 2015 09:25 Report Abuse

Aylin35

Yes, as a Chinese person because you have house here bought by your parents ( you didn't work any day for it ! ) , you have money in the bank also from your parents and so on... oh yes, 10K then is so OOOKKK ! ...

Dec 15, 2015 20:30 Report Abuse

Quinn68

"Most expats receive their social security upon leaving their job in China" WTF? No they don't.

Nov 12, 2015 09:22 Report Abuse

kasuka91

"Having a girlfriend will cost you at least 1,200 Yuan a month, 900 Yuan at the very least." Haha, has it really come to this? My girl would have to start getting used to splitting like!

Nov 12, 2015 01:50 Report Abuse

dongbeiren

mmm the stereotypical Back Home Loser for an article on how to live like a bum in Beijing....

Nov 11, 2015 21:13 Report Abuse

Nessquick

if compared to my country, 1200 Eur is quite a high salary, for IT industry as example. not everyone is coming from US. but sure, 10k in Beijing is too low anyway

Nov 17, 2015 09:10 Report Abuse

Guest14196476

Why does the same money have distinctive feeling for you ?

Dec 16, 2015 16:00 Report Abuse

Guest14196476

Why does the same money have distinctive feeling for you ?

Dec 16, 2015 16:00 Report Abuse

Nessquick

diference is that in my country from that same amount of money I don't need to pay each hospital visit for me neither my son, don't need to pay for his school crazy amounts as here is requested, so more money is left and allowed for better use :)

Dec 21, 2015 15:20 Report Abuse

miguel82

Chewbacca 10k is low in any industry..why even bother to come to china for 10k salary and live in a crappy place and eating crappy 15 yuan meals...

Nov 11, 2015 16:36 Report Abuse

Chewbacca

10,000rmb is low for a standard English teaching job in Beijing.

Nov 11, 2015 16:27 Report Abuse

miguel82

If you dont have any standards for the quality of your meals this article is about right.. which foreigner wants to eat a 5 yuan breakfast? i pay 20 for my coffee at Starbuck only. Dinner 15 yuan? Chuar?street food... by the logic of this article you spend 1600 on ur girlfriend and 1200 on food...where do EC get this editors? damn.....Plus, if you are making 10k and you are a foreigner, best advise you could have: go back to your country, get more and less same low salary and enjoy ur homeland perks

Nov 11, 2015 16:09 Report Abuse

Nessquick

you kidding ? You can't get yourself coffee at home, and slow paced breakfast with bread and eggs or anything you like ?

Nov 17, 2015 09:07 Report Abuse