"Paul Blay" <ranma@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<c7a0oa$3vd$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>...
> "John W." wrote ...
> > Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> > > John W. wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Are Americans paid a comparable salary?
> > > 
> > > A premium over the locals, but not US size.
> > 
> > A couple of years ago a friend almost had me convinced to go to China, 
> > working for one of her friends teaching English and writing. Told me how 
> > I'd be rich with the salary they'd pay me. Then I converted it to US 
> > dollars....
> 
> The trick is to see how much you can buy with it over /there/.

Not really, at least if you intend to return to the US, and
particularly if you have any student loans to pay off (I don't,
thankfully). There are opportunities in China that will let you live
like a king and save 75% of your salary. When I was in Korea it was
the same. That was the beauty of working in Japan in the mid 1990s
when the exchange rate dropped to less than 90 yen per dollar (or
somewhere thereabouts). Suddenly all of the Yen I'd accumulated was
worth a great deal more.

John W.