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Struggling in the US? Move to China! OverviewsA young American arrived in Beijing in spring, 2006 with little money, no friends, no job, and little knowledge of the language or culture. Within a year, he knew the language, had a fulfilling social life, wide connections and many interesting jobs. This book follows David Williams' incredible journey through modern China. He goes into detail about the freedoms that he feels in China, gives hard facts about the amount of violence and crime in the U.S. compared to China, and talks about the safe feeling he has living in China. He goes into detail about the incredibly low cost of living that he has living in China. He also tells about the way new Chinese friends have welcomed him, why Chinese women make such great girlfriends or wives, and why Chinese cuisine is healthier than American food. The most interesting and at times hilarious part of this book though, is the description of the many types of job opportunities that he has experienced in the Middle Kingdom. He works as a pastor at a Chinese wedding, becomes a foreign modeling and acting agent, and works on numerous TV commercials, shows, infomercials, exhibitions, and modeling shows. He works as an actor in an American movie with a well-known action star. He tells the story of how he one day, on a hunch, he strolled into the offices of a Beijing entertainment company, told them he wanted to work as an actor, and immediately became friends with the CEO, who offered him a part in a movie being filmed in Shanghai. David illustrates the many advantages to living in China. Whether it is to find more job opportunities, a good wife or husband, lots of friends, a fast, developing economy, a low cost, safer standard of living, or just more adventure, China is the place. Mr. Williams tells how he quickly integrated with the Chinese how he won a lot of friends fast, how he approaches every Chinese person he meets, and how he made friends with the right people. He tells how to become a zhongguotong , or old China hand and what it can mean for the successful career and social life of new foreigners living in China. He explains how he learned Chinese on his own (without the aid of classes or tutors) in less than a year, and how that propelled his success in winning over the Chinese people and finding many jobs. A very inspiring story about how one man moved to China and found a new life..../ Struggling in the US? Move to China! / find apartment for rent
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So bad, it's inspired me to write my first review : Struggling in the US? Move to China!
This is a tough one to review. A part of me feels this book belongs on a shelf alongside self help books with titles like "Can't make it as an actor? Start doing adult films!". Ok that wasn't fair, but I feel David probably initially went to China for some of the wrong reasons.
I think a lot of the criticisms of the writing are a bit harsh, the guy is not trying to write Macbeth. I also got the vibe that a chinese editor was mucking up the works quite a bit. Some of the sentences and the over use of adjectives reminded me of how my chinese friends talk. While I feel ultimately we are hearing from David, it does seem that an overzealous chinese editor was involved in the project. I think the reviewer here who slammed David for being a poor writer and coming up with stupid titles should probably know how to spell "atrocious" before using it in their header, especially if they are going to slam someone's handle on the english language. The chapter titles were succinct and accurately foretold the content of the chapters.
I also think some of the namecalling and criticisms of David are unfair. David was a college grad and a civil engineer making over 50K a year when he decided to make this leap of faith. That hardly qualifies as a loser or failure in my book. Its quite clear that he was unhappy though, and I commend him for having the courage to do something this bold. But again, with mixed feelings, I also feel some of the criticisms are quite fair. To call yourself an old china hand after a year is silly. I think the chinese will let David know when he has become an old china hand. David also seems to have a harsh view of a lot of the other laowai (foreigners in China) and it wreaks of David not wanting to see a lot of their bad qualities and motivations in himself. David talks of how great it is to get easy well paying jobs pretending to be fake foreign representatives for companies and doesn't seem to exhibit any introspection on the ethics and morality of doing so.
I also wish this was a more realistic portrayal of China. I can only recall one brief paragraph in which David glosses over China's many problems with poverty and inequality. It almost felt to me like, yeah yeah, sure there are people living in poverty, the media is censored, yadda yadda yadda, but hey if your a decent looking white guy your gonna be sleeping with models!! Sorry, but it is easy to take cheap shots at this book.
Despite its warts and my opinion of the author's flaws, I am really rooting for David and hope someday there is a sequel penned by the old China hand that David strives to become. And yep I will buy it. Heck when all is said and done, what a great adventure and although I cringed at times, I was happy to be along for the ride while reading this book. The book is very informative teaching you all kinds of subtle chinese customs and giving some decent, albeit rose colored, insight into life in China. And most of all, David really seems to write from the heart. I got the feeling he knew that a lot of the things he was saying would make great cannon fodder, but he wasn't afraid to share who he was anyways, and I thank him for that.
Also, in the two years since this book was written, things have changed drastically around the globe. If your struggling in the US right now, a move to China is probably not a wise choice. Unemployment is rampant right now, and while their economy has fared better than most, it is in shambles as well. The bold move that David promotes may have been a good risk when he wrote the book, but you may be setting yourself up for disaster following in his footsteps in these current economic times.
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