TWCC18 - Moving Back to China, Is It Really As Easy as ABC?, Episode 18

Here we are at Episode 18! Welcome back to the Two White Chicks in China podcast!

Our question this week comes from Billy who lives in Canada. He ask the Two White Chicks “Over the last few years in Canada, I’ve noticed that there have been a lot of immigrants from China. A lot of their kids are now grown up and moving back to China for more opportunities. How are they viewed by the local Chinese population?”

In This Episode We Talk About…

Rent-a-foreigner! Watch the video here

Our question from Billy!

Names and terms for ABCs

More job opportunities

Apart from teachers…

“Whites Only”

The Teacher swap incident

ABCs with traditional parents.

ABCs that don’t speak Chinese.

China is a package deal.

Culture shock..

…or culture repulsion

China has changed beyond recognition

Shenzhenren (a person from Shenzhen)

ABC men – like ‘shooting fish in a barrel’.

ABC women – strong and independent.

Chinese people who return to China.

China bubble

If you’re an ABC or CBC living in China please contact us!

Our Chinese word of the week is ‘ethnic Chinese person’ – 华人 (huá rén)

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Episode Length 46:16

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