Most FTs I know don't care. Most of us are in China for a year, max 2, can take off any time and never come back, can forget the sound of 好...

Hahaha! but can we use Hao3 like that ,Arthur? But get your meaning. "Was it like saying, they have stopped talking about America on the forum- Oh good?"

I moan about China because I think the grub tastes like shite. But if you marry well you get paid (as a westerner) in China for doing sod all. When my wife wanted the job she does I interviewed the candidate employer and arranged things like he should pay in sterling, so she comes home like you see in the pic last night and gives me her monthly wage. I will stroll down with the daughter and pop it in bank later today. That is another thing the banks in China are on the ball; they gave me a machine I plug in to the PC anywhere in the world so I can make a cash transfer- that's Bank of China. I need to ask another bank for a machine too. The machine is free.

If you do have a wife in China, you need like anywhere, to negotiate on her behalf to get the best deal. Mind, she is better than me at buying tat from a market stall.