My Honest Opinion On Living In China

[@VartCarr]

Been living in China for 14 years now. I do not have any plans to go back to the US. I still have my houses and properties back there, but my life is just better here. I had heart and kidney failure when I was living in the US. My life improved by so much when I made the move here. I lost over 120lbs, my heart and kidney condition went to normal. I opened companies here and I plan to live here for the rest of my life if possible.

[@arafsadventures]

Ah that's great to hear! I'm glad it's all working out for you my friend. I hope life keeps getting better and better for you 💪

[@YongLi-np3wg]

120lbs?? That's literally a new person!

[@JohnnysCafe_]

That's a positive story and I hope your life continues healthy, successfully and happily.

[@weizhang2834]

As a Chinese both lived in the USA and China , food ,fruits,vegetables in china were much healthier than the ones in the USA, 100% , most of food is organic in China

[@ganzhishijie]

健康和美食都很重要。

[@Xinalong]

I´ve got the exact same feeling about living in China as you do, Araf. I´ve been living here years and it gets hard to go back to Spain and live there for a few years. Bufff What I do is travelling back to my country from time to time, cause Spain is an awesome country for living, and I´m aware. However the conveniences here, the safety and the bills just makes me stay. I love China and that feeling will never dissapear from me, not matter where I go.

[@arafsadventures]

Ah well it's great to here that you're enjoying your life here! It's a big decision leaving everything behind and moving to China so you deserve some luck and to get rewarded for that which seems like it's working out for you 🙏 Yeah it's the same with me, I'll try visit home once or twice a years so I don't miss home too much, and luckily I can save and do that with the low costs here

[@thisiskevin1000]

More vlogs and shorts soon.

[@Xinalong]

@@arafsadventures Completely agreed man :)

[@yonight6871]

When you talk about security issues, every time I watch the BBC report on China, it is always negative. It is said that there are too many surveillance cameras in China, and people are monitored by the government. Chinese people have no freedom, no privacy, and the government is dictatorial. The funny thing is: London has the most surveillance cameras in the world, but the British don't mind. London's streets are unsafe. What it boils down to is government inaction in London.In China, you can order takeaway food every day, take taxis every day, have barbecue at night, and drink while walking on the street.Put bikes on the street. These freest lifestyles would be completely impossible in London. The British economy is in decline.

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah you make some great points! Personally I feel more free here thank the UK in many aspect. My personal opinion on cameras is that with more cameras around the safety aspect will increase because people will not want to commit a crime then, but yeah alot of people look at it in a negative way, you can't have best of both worlds unfortunately

[@yonight6871]

@@arafsadventures Surveillance can only monitor and record evidence of crimes to deter criminals. The most important thing is that the police are responsible and can solve the case, so women dare to go out late at night. Although there is a lot of surveillance in the United States, the laws are not strict. Criminals can be paroled if they have money, but the police cannot control them, resulting in robberies and shootings happening every day. More than 40,000 people are killed by gunshots in the United States every year, making it the country with the highest gun death rate in the world.

[@arafsadventures]

@yonight6871 Yeah not many people respect the police anymore especially in the UK and US and it's very sad to see. A lot of people are just not scared to commit crime anymore as there's hardly any punishment especially theft. I feel sorry for all the small businesses and well people's properties as I'm always hearing about robberies these days

[@Namoari941]

Becuase of theses cameras, China’s street has no mass shooting, gathering of hundreds of thousands people, blocking traffic, vandalizing and looting shops, gang rapes etc..

[@hengongchua6250]

In my block I am staying on the 5th floor. On the ground floor of my block we have a rack with multiple shelving. This rack is for the community living in this block to use. Meaning when we make orders online and the delivery to us. They will not deliver to the door step. They just delivered to the block and put it on the rack and called you to inform you that your item had been delivered. Then we can pick it up. Sometimes items that are delivered can be on the rack for days and it is still there. Because some people after making online orders go away for business or holiday and come back only after a few days. And the items are still there waiting for the owners to pick it up. I can't say this can be the same in western countries and India.

[@jogana6909]

Consumption in China is very low. And China is very safe.

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah the safety is pretty good here

[@jimonjr121]

Thanks for sharing your life stories with us. I always enjoy watching your videos.

[@arafsadventures]

Glad you enjoy my friend 🙏

[@LoveEVandenvironment]

Subscribed. Good content. I have been to China, Chinese really have ggod life, food delivery is anywhere, they even have a lot of BBQ markets in every city. Everything is so affordable, even their cars are cheap and good. It's super safe too.

[@arafsadventures]

Thank you 🙏 Yeah there's a lot of things here to make life easier for people. Like you said the food delivery is second to none here, cheap, fast and very reliable 👌 And the food is cheap too which helps too haha

[@1206Jaspen]

All composite foods. Get cancer easily 😅

[@Anil_Dikshit]

Advice : stay as long as you can in China and save as much as possible. In the future if you have no choice and have to leave then at least you have your savings that you can use in England to start a small business or buy a house/apartment etc. Are your friends still love living and working in China ?

[@arafsadventures]

That's great advice! Never really seriously saved as been having a lot of fun on the way but I'm going to start putting money away for a rainy day for sure. Yeah everyone's happy

[@Anil_Dikshit]

@@arafsadventures How come you don't sell things to people in England. There is an American guy who teaches English in China but also sell stuff to people worldwide who wants to buy stuff from China. So he is basically an English Teacher/Exporter.

[@iTsCrazyFish]

@@Anil_Dikshit does this guy have a yt channel

[@Anil_Dikshit]

@@iTsCrazyFish He is one of them ---> "Alex Slater in China"

[@Timy1992]

In other places, 5 years would be too much, but in China, with its size and especially the cultural wealth it has, it is nothing hahaha. Oh, PS: Regards Araf!

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah that's very true! Especially when life's getting easier over the years it's hard to leave haha, let's hope it keeps improving 🙏 Regards my friend!

[@Timy1992]

@@arafsadventures Enjoy life, my brother!

[@joanli2528]

Araf, wow, a Brit in China for almost six years 🤩 Well done, mate. Hope you’ll have the chance to explore and experience more, visit different regions, Xi’An, Sichuang, Yunnan, Xinjiang, etc. Couldn’t say much about the beer compared to what you get in England or Europe, but I’m confident that the authentic/real Chinese food, a variety of cuisines from different regions, will convince you to stick around as long as you can. And, perhaps meet your soulmate someday there, too😊 Best wishes.❤😊

[@arafsadventures]

Cheers mate! Yeah I'm planning to do some travelling around in the near future for sure 👌 So many cities I want to go to and taste food there haha. There's so decent IPA's here so it's all good haha. Hotpot is still my favourite here so far 😋

[@wissme7o6050]

Can‘t agree more with you, there was a time when a lot of Chinese were eager to go to the UK or Europe and find a way to stay, now there are some but a lot less compared to a decade ago. I hope both England and China are getting better.

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah that's true. Life has definitely improvement here alot in the past few years and getting easier, let's hope that continues 🙏 Yeah I hope England starts to become a good and easy place to live in again

[@FanLinidafg]

I'm local resident in Beijing. But work for a UK company branch here. I have colleagues UK, they say after the covid, the cost of living just go skyrocket. At first I just can't believe, cuz the price they say is just ridiculous. But recently I had been UK on business, and then I realize, he's not lying. It's really really expensive...I get paid around 3000 pounds a month after tax in Beijing, everything afforable except buy an apartment. I can save most of my salary. But in UK, guess it's pretty hard to save that amount.

[@arafsadventures]

In the UK it's more or less impossible to save for many people these days with the cost of living. I hope the economy improves there because it's really sad to see the way it is now

[@lansoprazole2481]

It's like we switched life, I came to the UK in July 2018 and now doing a job I like but you are damn right about the bills and rent. Sheesh, they are dead expensive. 💀

[@arafsadventures]

Ah wow it's like a swap deal 😂 I hope everything's good for you there! I'll be there in the summer ☀️ Yeah the definitely a down side with the UK unfortunately

[@arafsadventures]

5 years in China have flew by! and what a journey it has been. An adventure I'll never forget! No regrets. If you have any questions about my time here just comment below 👌

[@jacofield]

ARAF The one and only!!!!!!

[@arafsadventures]

@@jacofield haha cheers mate 💪

[@FoodieNature2020]

Thanks for sharing your life story,Araf.If you ever want to come home to the UK,Perhaps you can sublet one of your bedrooms,Save money,Get a house in the UK near your parents then come home?Someday When you have your own family with wife and kids,You will want to stay in the UK,I guess... How do you cover your medical insurance?Is it free to the foreign expats in China?

[@FoodieNature2020]

Hope you can visit S.Korea and Japan on a holiday while you live in China

[@arafsadventures]

@@FoodieNature2020 Yeah it's definitely something to think about 👌 Especially for the future. But for now I'm happy about how things are going and can't wait to visit the UK in the summer 😁 My work gives us a standard medical insurance, if we want a better one then we need to pay extra for that

[@amandagrant4331]

China is a very good country. All the price is low.

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah cheap as chips 👌

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

@@arafsadventures can you celebrate Helloween in China?

[@Elfan97-ec1uk]

From your tone, I can tell you're calm n relaxed. n that you're enjoying the moment ! I can't imagine the same you living in Europe in a job you hate, having to struggle with the rising bills n personal safety n most of all you don't see any hope of getting better. Bless you! You've earned what you get!

[@arafsadventures]

Don’t get me wrong it was hard at the beginning, but nothing good is easy to begin with, just had to realise it’s a big old world out there and there’s some happiness somewhere

[@fj5563]

Yes, everyone's situation is different. Every year, many Chinese want to go to the United States. Some of them are living better, while others are living worse than before. You can't just listen to what others say, you have to evaluate it yourself.

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah that's true 👌Some people act like they know everyone's situation when that's not true, some people make videos speaking for a whole country when we all have different paths

[@pandabearoceanpark]

Glad to have seen your channel. Subscribed. Getting through COVID was not easy but now you enjoy the good life China has given you and speak out the truth. Keep it real!

[@arafsadventures]

Thank you 🙏 Yeah things are getting better and better now 😊

[@GoddyGoodman]

tearing by your ”we all went it through together.” it was like a dream for the covid time，thx pal，hope to give you a hug.

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah we all went through it together ❤️

[@jonpontius2684]

Im considering it. I work in Japan right now. In about a year I will have my teaching license (In tesol) a masters degree, Tefl in China, 8+ years of teaching experience in English/EFL mostly as a T1.

[@arafsadventures]

@@jonpontius2684 Ah great! Well I hope you make the right decision whatever you decide to do

[@chanchan0891]

Love your adventures in China, would love to visit one day 🥰

[@arafsadventures]

Definitely worth visiting my friend 👌

[@FuRong-5]

Hi Araf, glad to see u on KZbin, I’ve been following you on TikTok for a while and I enjoy your clips of trying special Chinese snacks. Wish you good luck in China.❤❤

[@arafsadventures]

Glad you found me here 🙏 Well like try and post more videos trying snacks soon 😊

[@CurtExplores]

Man, our stories are very very similar. From the reasons we ended up here, to even the specifics like getting stuck in England on holiday due to lockdown!

[@CurtExplores]

(worked in a nightclub in my teens too)

[@arafsadventures]

Brother? Haha that's mad! If I didn't have good friends back home when I was stuck there with no income I don't know how bad Id be in debt now, they sorted me out with jobs to keep me going.

[@arafsadventures]

@@CurtExplores Ah wow! Bet you dont miss it haha. The banter was great, had good laughs when I was there but I couldn't do it now, everyone would annoy me 'Customers'

[@nakibmurad]

Thank you for sharing your story. Love from XIAN, CN. SEE YOU ONE DAY BROTHER. :')

[@arafsadventures]

Thank you for watching brother 🙏

[@zz44ppppp]

I really really enjoy your videos and vibe ❤

[@arafsadventures]

Glad you enjoy my friend 🙏

[@skywire5595]

Beautiful park

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah really beautiful and peaceful

[@theansangong2659]

If what you said make sense, I'm going to see and feel for myself. Thank you and I'm coming soon!

[@arafsadventures]

Hope you enjoy!

[@ricotheman8139]

I have watched many of your school meals video on TikTok. Very nice meals😂😂

[@arafsadventures]

Haha glad you enjoy them 🙏

[@XXL-t3x]

@@arafsadventures In my opinion, your school meals are not very good. I didn't know you really liked it. Or is English lunch just like the rumor says

[@richardforzaroma8309]

great video bud i moved from sunderland to london in 1999 you seem a lot happier in china but sunderland will always be in your bllod mate..

[@arafsadventures]

Glad you enjoyed mate! Sometimes you have to move and spread your wings and all that to find some happiness, but yeah home will always be home, I’ll be visiting the mother land this summer 🏠

[@SLIANG-nm4fd]

Nice videos, very honest, i subscribed, hope to see more travelling contents from you.

[@arafsadventures]

Glad you enjoyed 🙏 Yeah more to come 👌😁

[@LW78321]

Thanks for sharing your experience and story, just subscribed 😊

[@arafsadventures]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@memopadilla5931]

Araf you need to go climb that mountain buddy.. that looks like a great hike !

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah it is a great hike 👌I just keep putting it off 😩🤣 But this summer for sure!

[@WILLYBREATH_v]

Love your walking and talking vids mate

[@arafsadventures]

Glad you enjoy 🙏 I'll do another one next week 👌

[@rehabwithrob]

I’m having a crisis right now and I think I was supposed to come across your video, your story sounds very similar to mine honestly. Gambling, losing money, drinking too much. Feeling anxious. I’ve just completed my tefl course and I am looking at coming to china to teach. Hangzhou is definitely up there on my list, let’s see what happens. It looks like a chill place.

[@arafsadventures]

@@rehabwithrob Well I hope watching the video made you realise you're not the only one and you know you can find other people you can talk to with similar issues. My email is linked if you wanted to message about anything. I've never been to Hangzhou, and if I have it would've been just passing, but it's not too far from where I am so it's always been on the list to visit just never found the time, but I've heard good things so hopefully it all works out for you mate

[@rehabwithrob]

@@arafsadventures thanks for getting back to me mate, yes could I send you an email and run a few things by you if possible? I can’t seem to find your email. Thanks rob

[@awxron]

Hangzhou is a tourist city, the scenery is very good, but not a chill place, even reaching 40° in summer

[@TheMacabreGamer]

Sunday with Araf. Let's do it.

[@arafsadventures]

Lettttsssssssss gooooooooo

[@tomli777]

hoping to go back to shanghai november, would be good to grab a drink if you'll be there

[@arafsadventures]

Always great to have a beer 🍻

[@xryanlee]

Thanks for sharing your life story. It looks like the only thing missing in your life is a girlfriend, so that you can truly settle down there. Or stay there for a couple of more years, save some money and move back to UK to start something with that money. I paid a visit to London about 8 years ago, and I enjoyed it.

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah I think the main thing is to save, but that's easier said than done as I always end up spending it on rubbish I don't need 😂 I was actually born in London, a nice city just pretty expensive

[@xryanlee]

@@arafsadventures we have to plan for the long run. Most of the foreigners only stay in China temporary if they are not married to a Chinese woman. Unless that’s your plan. :)

[@diabloseasonings2580]

Good video, mate. Where's your accent from out of curiosity. I'm in Middlesbrough.

[@arafsadventures]

Cheers matey! Mackem accent haha, small world

[@iansen57002]

You are absolutely great of telling experiences, all come from the heart. Can't wait your next adventures Araf and thank you for sharing

[@arafsadventures]

Glad you enjoyed and thank you for watching 🙏

[@lovefromhuang]

江阴是个好地方，18 年到现在，江阴变化也很大

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah it has developed a lot!

[@helen_crimmins]

Oooo go up the steps/ mountain I love the walking, talking videos

[@arafsadventures]

I'm definitely going to do it this summer 👌...................... I hope 😂

[@lovefromhuang]

最近天气超棒，去鹅鼻嘴公园玩玩，昨天去了，景色不错

[@arafsadventures]

Ah nice! Hopefully the good weather continues 🙏

[@zhangalex7880]

这哥们不在江阴吧？

[@lovefromhuang]

@@zhangalex7880 在啊，他视频里面就是黄山湖公园，他还拍过江阴大润发，江阴印象汇，江阴万达，江阴 cococity，他应该住在城东

[@roddywhittemore493]

What do you do for work? I'm trying to find out what all these young people that live overseas do

[@arafsadventures]

I teach here in China

[@azharidris7092]

Araf.. you should start travelling around the Asia pacific region.. instead of going back home this summer.. why not go to Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur or Saigon or Hanoi.. would be so interesting to know your narrative of these place and region..

[@arafsadventures]

You're right I should! I am going home in the summer but I've been looking into doing some trave around January, nothing confirmed yet,but that's the plan anyway

[@osuan9]

nice..

[@arafsadventures]

Hope you enjoyed

[@minchen5187]

Next Sunday climb that mountain 😂

[@arafsadventures]

I'm busy washing my hair 😩🤣

[@shengdauniversity]

Doing the same here. Going on to my 14 th year. I also would love to and prefer to live in my home country of Canada, but I can't afford to live there anymore. China can be a very cheap place to live.

[@arafsadventures]

Well I'm glad that you found an easier life here! At least you can always visit home whenever you miss it, that way you get the best of both worlds

[@Naturefilms9738]

Local people can only makes less than 800 pounds per months. That is why everything is cheap.

[@TRAVELYIP]

A four-minute shower? No way!

[@arafsadventures]

Way haha, the bills are too expensive back home so that's what I had to do 😩

[@佯谬]

在中国大城市里 即便是未成年人深夜出门都很安全。

[@arafsadventures]

That's good 👍

[@TheMacabreGamer]

Would you go or love to work in another country?

[@arafsadventures]

Tbh it's not about what country I want to go to, it's about when ch country can give me a good wage to live on, to have a few holidays a year, to save, not expensive, cheap bills, easy life, not many will come close to China.

[@beautifuldream108]

😂😂😅😅😊😁😁😁😊😃👍 listening your story.

[@arafsadventures]

Hope you enjoyed haha

[@_mark7646]

That's exactly what she said too! 😂😂

[@arafsadventures]

Has to be said 😅🤣

[@misskitty9128]

Are you a teacher...... you talk like your old....lol. ...love your chanel 😍 ty. Have the best week ever.....have you ever thought about going live

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah I teach here 😁 Erm I might do sometime yeah good idea 👌 Have a great week too 😊

[@matthewgray2789]

What work do you do in china?

[@arafsadventures]

I teach here

[@matthewgray2789]

@@arafsadventures do you need a specific qualification before moving to teach english in china? Im quite interested in moving to Shanghai from London

[@who52au]

Food cheap in china !? 1 ) Supply is plentiful , 2) the government control the prices to balance / cater the majority of the workers wages , compare to the west ,which is much lower . While we in the west , it the F opposite ! !

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah it's run completely different to the west you're right

[@lzeng78]

😮😮

[@arafsadventures]

👋

[@HanC.]

Great video. Good to see that you are content. Maybe marry a Chinese girl 😉. But serious now, why do you say work is hard?

[@arafsadventures]

Hahaha. I mean like I work hard at the job

[@evertspies3345]

At the end of your video you say don't know what to say. You have still a lot to say and show. Tell about your job, your apartment how you cope with the language. Do you speak Mandarin and where about in China do you live. If I were younger I would be in China. Been to Hong Kong and studying Mandarin. What I see on KZbin from KZbinrs and others I really love the place and the culture. Let's hear more.

[@arafsadventures]

Thank you for your comment and yeah I'll make more videos explaining more 👌

[@Oldbrow]

Why don't you just come back to china for few months and feel it yourself? Hopes never getting old, and olders aslo have hopes...😊😊

[@RM-qw3xz]

Perhaps it's not such a good idea to turn up your air conditioners in every room of your apartment to full blast because they use too much energy. China has been building more coal plants instead of reducing them because during heatwaves, people overuse their air conditioners, requiring greater energy needs.

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah I live on my own I don’t do that 😂

[@XXL-t3x]

@@arafsadventures China is using more energy to produce electricity, but outdoor temperatures in China have not risen much. Temperatures recently even reached record lows, and in India they reached record highs when most homes don't have air conditioning. The world's temperature has not exceeded the limit of the Earth's temperature in 2000 years. This heat wave you're talking about is just a gimmick. Countries with good vegetation around the world tend to have low temperatures. Because plants absorb a lot of heat. Your country is hot because you cut down too many trees. You should plant trees instead of blaming China. LGBTQ doesn't work in China.

[@theansangong2659]

17:43

[@deandeng5422]

h哈哈

[@arafsadventures]

😁

[@dlf4298]

You Saw a 'tent' in China you think somebody is chilling, good idea. In the US you don't even need to think, you Will know it's a Homeless person.

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

you enjoy looking down on homeless people?

[@BLT695]

False promotion, please make sure to report on the real situation in China, which is completely different from what we Indian media reported.😅

[@arafsadventures]

Not a promotion, you must be new here

[@yenshui]

lock-down victims twice.

[@Naturefilms9738]

Local people only makes less than 800 pounds per months. For some people want more money, they will do anything to leave China. If you are stuck in China, your future generations might not have the same salary you are getting now.

[@arafsadventures]

I am only talking about my experience, not everyone’s experience is the same, I only know how I feel so that’s what I talk about. That’s why I called the channel Araf’s adventures to talk about my journey and what I experience

[@andrewzhang985]

You're talking crap, ignorant idiot.

[@computer-ot8si]

All you can do in China is as an English teacher. If you try to do other jobs, you will know the reality.

[@RM-qw3xz]

@computer-ot8si: What reality? That there are many crimes in China? That things are very expensive in China? Please clarify your statement.

[@arafsadventures]

Got many foreigner friends that work in factories, IT jobs, marketing and more here and they all have a better life than me and a lot more money

[@computer-ot8si]

@@arafsadventures but they won't let foreigner get the CEO or high level management position at all, even in schools.

[@arafsadventures]

@@computer-ot8si I can't comment on that because I don't work there, I can only comment about my situation, but I can ask people on their situation for you

[@computer-ot8si]

@@RM-qw3xz In Western world , Asians can be Prime Minister, and US govt department head like Katherine Tai, city mayor like boston mayor michelle wu, and they are females. But in China, hahahhah

[@mrdressup]

Do you not care about the extreme lack of freedom and totalitarian government? Genuine question, no shade intended Also, if you do end up traveling and come to South Korea, I'd be happy to treat you to a beer or something. Been living in Seoul for a bit over 7 years

[@arafsadventures]

I experience more freedom here than back home in the UK

[@arafsadventures]

Yeah really want to come to south Korea actually for a holiday! Was looking at January next year but not confirmed yet, I hope I'm able to! I don't think I've ever refused a beer 🍻

[@sunnywu2464]

You should go to China as a tourist for a few days, and see how the people live under the conditions you reckon as extreme lack of freedom and totalitarian government. Genuine answer.

[@mrdressup]

@@sunnywu2464 I'm not saying all the citizens live a certain way; it's just a provable and demonstrable fact that China is among the least free countries in the world. I'm aware this doesn't affect the day to day in an awful way, but it does cause major problems that I shouldn't have to explain

[@mrdressup]

@@arafsadventures How so?

[@margarettang2201]

....so happy for you!🎉🎉🎉😊

[@arafsadventures]

Thanks a lot 😊