China Option : A Guide for Millennials: How to Work, Play, and Find Success in China

Why move to China as a western expatriate without Chinese language skills? Because China is an extraordinarily interesting place to live and work right now. College-educated westerners with a variety of educational backgrounds are in high demand; English teaching jobs pay particularly well. But how does one break in? The China Option shows how. Written specifically for western men and women seeking to relocate, Sophia Erickson's book shows readers how to plan their move to China from finding a job from abroad, getting the right visas, insurances, and bank accounts, to deciding where to work and how find an apartment there. It's essential reading for anybody considering a move to China.

A few months after her twenty-first birthday and shortly after graduating with an unmarketable degree in modern European history, Sophia Erickson was waiting tables in rural Massachusetts and contemplating years of student loan servitude. After a chance email exchange with an old friend, she bought a one-way ticket to Beijing. The China Option explores her experiences in China over the following two years as she learned to maneuver around Asia, went through various jobs in Beijing, and discovered the rich rewards China offers those willing to take the plunge. Her work experience in China ranged from teaching at China’s top-ranked Tsinghua University to working for a drone company to judging a talent show on China’s national broadcasting channel. She also traveled extensively throughout Asia and learned the ins-and-outs of finding happiness and fulfillment in China. An honors graduate of Oxford University and Phillips Academy, Sophia now lives and works in the Middle East.