Glad to have you back and in good form.

If you want a sustained adventure in China, rather than just a quick ride, you really should consider rebasing yourself here for a while. A year is good. Teaching English, editing agitprop for China Daily or Xinhua, or teaching whatever it was that you've been doing over the years. A (paltry) income and all basic needs met (lodging, food, insurance, etc) and probably even your air fare to get here and back. Four seasons of riding. I'm guessing you'd do a year, and if you didn't break all the dishes and piss off the headmasters, you'd be persuaded to sign on for another 12 months.....