65 and teaching in China?

[Pengyou]

I don't have a masters degree or Ph.D I lived in China for more than 20 years, not all on the proper visa.  I returned to the US in July of 2022 and have been lost ever since.  I have heard a coupe of murmurs...rumors...that some cities are allow teachers who are 65.  True or not?  If true, would it be a continual thing, i.e, can continue living and teaching there?

[abcdefg]

On 12/30/2024 at 10:47 PM, Pengyou said:

If true, would it be a continual thing, i.e, can continue living and teaching there?

 

No, sorry to say. At least, not to the best of my knowledge. In Kunming, I had dinner one evening with a guy (European) who was on his way home after being forcibly retired from a small technical college in the western hinterlands of the Province, near the Burma border. He had all the right credentials and qualifications and had been teaching in China a long time, previously at major Chinese universities before turning 60. He desperately wanted to remain in China, so he looked for and found a much more humble position in a much more remote location. But even that institution had finally been forced to let him go, despite being pleased with his teaching. He said it was a matter of official government pressure. According to him, what you are trying to do is no longer possible. 

 

Perhaps if you were quietly hired by a rich family in a smaller city to be a private tutor to their own children, then you might be able to arrange some sort of long-stay visa, relying on your employers goodwill and guanxi.  

 

Edited to Add: I didn't work (much) in China, but after living there a long time, I came back to the US (during COVID) and can relate to your sentiment. I miss China too. Wish you the best, @Pengyou.

[Jan Finster]

On 12/31/2024 at 3:44 PM, abcdefg said:

No, sorry to say

Would this also hold true for volunteering (unpaid, unofficial)? 

[abcdefg]

I don't know.