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Hi guys. Name is Dallas I'm a 25 year old Canadian and I've spent a lot of my life traveling. My favorite place was Beijing and Shanghai so I'm looking to head back there except for a longer time (love the food and booze in both places ). When I was there a few years ago I was offered several jobs teaching english, but I was also a couple jobs working in Host clubs.

 

Working in a host club is something similiar I do in Canada but I'm not sure how China's laws are about host clubs and how they are viewed. Teaching will be my fall back and maybe my only real way for a work visa. I love the night life and enjoy connecting with people so would prefer the host job just not sure about the laws or if there a certain cities that are more tolerating of that line of work.

 

Anything you can provide would be a real help and feel free to message me, I'm a friendly guy.

 

Thanks

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As for teaching English, Beijing and Shanghai usually enforce the requirements/guidelines for teachers quite strictly. Essentially they are ...

 

- Be 25 years and over

- Have a bachelors degree

- 2 years experience (usually in any job but sometimes teaching)

- Native speaker

- TEFL certificate of some kind.

 

If you meet all or most of these, it will make it a lot easier to find work. In practice, less well known or less popular cities tend to be able to bend the rules as they find it harder to attract teachers to go there and work.

 

Beware of schools that try to get you to go on any Visa other than the proper Z work visa. They might promise to get you one when you arrive but there's always an excuse. Meanwhile, you're stuck working illegally.

 

Finally, if you do get a job teaching, note that any work you do not for your employer is technically illegal. Your residence permit is tied to the company that employs you and, if you're caught working elsewhere, you could face a fine/deportation etc.

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Thanks for the replies. Singapore is my back up since it's english dominated and legal. I just loved my time in China so I was hoping to work there. I just have no idea how China handles these clubs. I will take the advice about the visa's since I don't want to be working illegally.

By the replies it looks like I will have to teach unless one can offer a real visa.

Thanks

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Well the one guy that talked to me about it said it was a womens only bar/club and I would get paid for the night and a percent on any drinks the women I'm with buy.

 

I just called it a host club in the post cause I have no idea what people in China call it.

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