Thats how I felt at one point, looked into teaching for panam there.. Then I did some digging for info from guys who've been there, and.....lets put it this way: you ain't in Kansas anymore... easy to be idealistic about living in such a place.. then when you get there the practical reality sets in...
Outside HongKong,Beijing- the pollution is so bad, that will develop a chronic cough after about six months, visibility so bad you cant fly vfr...ATC is run by the military, and from what I understand- the system is at best dysfunctional. The administrative staff at the panam academy in shenzing or sensung province or whatever it's called is mostly Chinees- and they are totally incompetent.....
make no mistake about it- you ARE living in a hard line communist country -they can take everything you have (and you) for no reason. It is a very closed society...(groups of people listining to music in a dinner hall for 2 hours is about as close to partying the chinees get lol... if you look hard you may even see a smile or two).. if you are outside HongKong, be prepared for a major culture shock... accommodation's we consider marginally middle income (running water, air conditioning, 24X7 ) would be considered 3 or 4 star there...
long story short, a gig like that is not going to be what your thinking
the good news is, if your western and tall- your automaticly at the top of the social latter.. and you can live like a king on 5700 a month....