Comments on: Someone Wrote Another “Why I’m Leaving China Column,” And CNN Actually Published It

By: sunway

sunway — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:56:34 +0000

I am a Shanghai people live in Beijing. my collegemates are immigrating to Canada.

God, give me money, i will not live in Vancouver or such city when wintersnow blocks your door for days…

By: bob

bob — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:16:02 +0000

I’m leaving China, so I’m staying!

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:07:09 +0000

Hey Tao, dunno if you saw this already but you got a shout-out in the Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/03/a-few-foreigners-are-leaving-china/274412/

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:18:52 +0000

” I mean who actually planned to settle down in China? No one. That would be idiotic.”

Thank you.

By: Chinese Netizen

Chinese Netizen — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:11:24 +0000

Judging from Marc’s looks, I assume he met and married a Chinese wife in china?

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:44:45 +0000

Good point, that would indeed be a lot more interesting.

By: SeaHorse

SeaHorse — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:12:17 +0000

Legit reasons for leaving China. China is great and fun if you’re a single person looking for job adventures and experience, but once you have a family you’d probably want to leave China. We’re Expats, not immigrants, I mean who actually planned to settle down in China? No one. That would be idiotic. As a child of migrants, I totally understand when people get sick and tired of China and want to leave, it’s not the best place to raise healthy and well educated children. I also understand how one can feel utterly like a foreigner and just want to go home (since I lived my entire life sucking that shit up). So as long as they don’t make a drama queen exit I’m cool with that.

Also Canada is a near perfect country to raise children.

By: snoopfrog

snoopfrog — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:13:55 +0000

Brought tears to my eyes….. especially the running indoors bit…. seems so unfair.

Anyway, yes there is pollution, yes there are issues but we should stop pussying around. I commute by bike in shanghai because it takes me?less time than when i drive and if more people did that then maybe the pollution would be down

By: On his Chijs

On his Chijs — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:23:29 +0000

Look, you bastards got to recognize one thing. Marc van der Chijs, or CASE as I like to call him, is the world’s top master, the ultimate Shifu of the humblebrag. And also just the humble brag.

“Air Canada has a rule that your kids have to sit in the row in front of you in their Executive First Class suites, something we did not know when we booked the flight. But the kids fly so much that they both did not mind that they could not see us during the flight. Take-off and landing are sometimes a problem for Elaine, but after talking to the purser Scott and Elaine were allowed to sit next to us at the beginning and end of the flight.”
http://www.marc.cn/2013/01/the-longest-new-years-day.html

“In my car on the way to the Ferrari Formula One party at M1NT” http://post.ly/1tfxM

“Tonight’s wine is a 2004 Chateau Lilian Ladouys (Saint-Estephe). Cheers!” http://post.ly/1S4N9

“Packing my bags to go skiing for 2 days with the family in Germany. Last time I skied was in Beijing, I prefer the European slopes.”
http://twitter.com/#!/chijs/statuses/17103853090504704

“After my running + rowing work-out earlier this evening I am now going to treat myself to a good bottle of red wine.”
https://twitter.com/chijs/status/23743887503794176

By: Chinese Netizen

Chinese Netizen — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:56:14 +0000

Local Chinese, natch

By: Chinese Netizen

Chinese Netizen — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:55:09 +0000

I’d like to see more educated, rich, possibly princeling types write their “why I’m leaving China” stories instead.