China or Korea?

I was based in Hong Kong until quite recently and have travelled a lot around China. However I have never been to Korea, so I can't made a fully educated comment on that.

I would gravitate towards China, but only just. If you were based in Beijing or Shanghai I would be a lot more positive, but as you'd be in a regional city your life would be less easy. I'm assuming you don't speak Mandarin, so you'd need to depend more on the expat community and facilities for them, which are limited in smaller cities. Also travel can be tedious as we're talking about major distances between locations. Expats earn a fortune compared to locals and you'd be loved by Chinese chicks interested in your passport but disliked by the population in general (they call westerners Gwailos, meaning 'white devils').

I think both Korea and China carry a fair amount of kudos in terms of your career profile. I'd be a bit concerned about political stability in Korea but otherwise my only consideration is the state of development in Korea.

Honestly, it's about 50/50 with a slight leaning towards China. I'm sorry if this is not very helpful but let me know if you have any specific questions.

Wingding - sugar and spice and all things vice

Try living in that region and then make an educated comment instead of what you read in the papers.

Wingding - sugar and spice and all things vice

Just curious. How did you get assigned overseas?

"I can't promise perfection but I'll give it a fair shot and hope that it doesn't take away from the sponteneity and good humour of the forum, which I really enjoy." - <b>WingDing</b>

I work for a machine builder. I go with the machines to the customer's plant, get them producing good parts, then train their operators to run them.

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Nice.

"I can't promise perfection but I'll give it a fair shot and hope that it doesn't take away from the sponteneity and good humour of the forum, which I really enjoy." - <b>WingDing</b>

I think you'll enjoy it there.
Some sights and sounds include Samsung and Hyundai!

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Thanks!

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Have you been there?

This machine is going to Hyundai. They have something called "The Hyundai Foreigners Compound". It looks like a haven for Americans (and others) in an unknown land. I will have to check it out.

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I suppose that could suck. I dunno. I just feel that I should be traveling now, before I get a family and all htat junk.

"I can't promise perfection but I'll give it a fair shot and hope that it doesn't take away from the sponteneity and good humour of the forum, which I really enjoy." - <b>WingDing</b>