China's wealthy are paying millions of dollars in cash for homes outside China so they do not give a shit about rent prices.

@darkone264. I didn't attend the Canadian public school system, so please enlighten me on Canada indoctrination vs China indoctrination.

@tallamerican. so true, some real estate brokers freak out when the Chinese client brings in $450,000 in cash to closing. One brokerage had to buy a safe for their office.

think tallamerican is suffering from too many years of privileged environment, educational indoctrination, has warped his objectivity.

Geez Alien, really?

In my country I could have done all these things today (having the environment and services for them). Kayaks in clean seas and rivers, kite surfed, wave surfed, played tennis (for free, if I have the gear), squash, golf (for a reasonable price), rock climbed (indoor or outdoor), mountain biked on properly formed trails, taken a kung fu course, watched 2 types of live international sports, watched a super star sing, hiked/ran/biked in beautiful forest, skydived, taken a pottery/cooking class, gone to a food festival, gone to 2 different fairs, gone to a circus, gone to a zoo (with rare and cared for animals), volunteered on quite a few conservation and lifestyle projects, seen about 3 different live performances from a symphony to local play... So many options it's not funny.

And I am only in a city of less than half a million. There was a video of a wealthy Chinese millionaire who lived in the US who literally stated that most Western countries are like Chinese gardens. I have also heard this from Chinese tourists and my wife.

Western countries allowed wealthy corporations outsource most of the manufacturing/production to asia/china so it's our turn to get our money back.

Indeed. Comparing wealthy western cities with any Chinese city does not do the Chinese city any favours. Having said that, most Chinese cities are 'on the up', which can't be said for many western cities.

I think one of the reasons why China can be lacks the diversity of leisure activities that blobbles listed to live is that as the government retreated, it has either not allowed or people have not yet bothered to create the 'civil society' (NGOs, clubs, societies etc) so prominent in the west. Perhaps anything that doesn't make you richer is considered a waste of time and energy to Chinese - including looking after the environment, exercising, helping others, etc.

Civil societies are treated with high suspicion in China and are not welcome. There are clubs or organizations for almost every hobby or sport you can think of but they are all affiliated and controlled by the party.

agree civil societies not wanted under new regime

Most chinese flee because they have too much money and are completely ignorant of the of the west.

The movie directors son who killed some fellow students in his university - first 2 people he killed were his chinese roomates. Nothing like a good school shooting to get chinese to love China again.

Fake Boston Bombing - 1 chinese killed. Choose your favorite false flag so you can get killed for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

For those who love Vancouver - Nonstop Fukushima radiation spewing directly into the Pacific Northwest (Canada, Wash, Oregon and Northern Cali). Scientists at a loss at the marine animal dieoffs - that is why the EPA disengaged all radiation meters from these states. After getting nuked for a while Chinese will happily return to get their daily dose of PM2.5 in China.

For those who LOVE children - USA and UK are the top 2 pedophile places to take your kids. Just send them to church on Sunday, let them be altar boys or have them join the bus scouts. If that does not do it, I am sure your baby sitter will be happy to abuse your children.

So you left China to get away from the pollution - well, nothing like a few chemicals like Barium, aluminum and a plethora of other toxins and heavy metals raining down on you from the daily chemtrails to get you to love China again. I found a website about Morgellons Disease here in China - they are all chinese who have been abroad - Hehe!

If you like being tasered or just want to be part of the largest prison population in the world, then the good old police state in the USA will be happy to Protect and Serve you. Just wait until you get stopped at any of the 1000s of friendly checkpoints and be prepared to get electrocuted or arrested.

Chinese hate the tax laws in China - so wait until you get to the US where you have to pay state tax, federal tax, FICA, Social Security. In China you pay taxes on your house 1 time, in the US you pay home taxes every year - Yippie!

So the schools in the west are better than in China - before they go to school, make sure all their vaccines have been updated. Once in school, your child will soon become dysfunctional and take on any of the many addictions that the west has to offer. Choose your favorite drug or maybe you prefer booze. Suffereing from a little depression or anxiety, well there is a plethora of legal drugs that you can also become addicted to. If none of those do it for you, internet addiction or pornography may be the thing for you. Or you can just continue to keep smoking like you did in China.

I think the Chinese are waking up and seeing that the west is NOT all most people think it is.