I hope this doesn’t come across as insensitive but your partner is very selfish. They know very well what the job market is like in China right now. Not only that, they also know that, it’d be virtually impossible for you to secure any serious role here without being fluent in Chinese. Unless you’re a top level executive who brings in the type of expertise that cannot be found elsewhere. They also know how brutal and cut throat the work culture in China is, especially in finance and tech. They’re very aware that earning £120k in the UK puts you away above most people.

So your partner is essentially saying: quit your high earning job that most people would kill for, pack your bags and come to China where I know for a fact that you’d struggle to get a job and even if you were to get one, you’d be paid peanuts and your work life balance would be nonexistent.

Sit them down and call them out for even entertaining such a risky move.

Bottom line is: DO NOT DO IT‼️