AFAIK, most people who choose to work in China are finance professionals, not programmers. But I wouldn't be surprised even if they are programmers. Many companies in China are expanding westward (.e.g Biadu). Bilingual is a big bonus because you can communicate with your co-workers from both East and West. Some people like me can read, write, listen and speak perfect Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and is perfect candidate to work in China.
If we put health issue aside, China's living standard isn't exactly that low, housing price is crazy... and you are a foreginer, you won't go to public school. You will go to international schools and they aren't cheap. But if they earn the same wage as they do back in US, like at least 100k a year? sure, maybe.
Otherwise, I think one of the tedious part of living in China is applying licenses and IDs. According to a research [1], a Chinese citizen may need to apply between 74 to 103 different kinds of ID, license and certificate in one life time.
If we put health issue aside, China's living standard isn't exactly that low, housing price is crazy... and you are a foreginer, you won't go to public school. You will go to international schools and they aren't cheap. But if they earn the same wage as they do back in US, like at least 100k a year? sure, maybe.
Otherwise, I think one of the tedious part of living in China is applying licenses and IDs. According to a research [1], a Chinese citizen may need to apply between 74 to 103 different kinds of ID, license and certificate in one life time.
[1]: http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2014/02-22/5869716.shtml