However I am sure that not everyone shares your sentiments that China in general is a
terrible place.

Must explain the low retention rate for the ESL industry in China this year, then.

Few stay more than 8 months, fewer still 5 or more years, even fewer still 10+ years.

Regardless, a warning:
If anything geo-political happens the locals cannot/willnot tell Americans apart from any other non-Han.

What do *you* think will happen if the PLAN and USN exchange fire?

You will want to leave, or maybe your local 'friends' will knock on your door and tell you they are taking you and your family to another location 'for your own safety'.

Or you could re-live June 18, 1900.

Have fun, you were warned, anyone with two firing neurons can see what is coming.