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One factor that weighs heavily on the issue of "real" women, or Translators fishing for credits is the individual Agency. Some have a bad rep. (Changsha) and some of them actually work hard for their Women and try to help you find your Princess. Having said that, CHNLove is an EMF machine in general and many of us have been burned many times !! Also, many of us decided to continue the search with other means such as China Love Links, Blossom or even making new friends on QQ. Whether or not you find someone quickly is in the Lap of the Gods, but as long as you dont send money to ANYONE , then you cant get seriously scammed. Sending flowers is a nice gesture, but dont do it until you know you are communicating with a real person.
I think it is best to explore all avenues open to you. To take the time and trouble to go to China early is a very smart move. Many Men cannot or will not take this step and end up getting disillusioned with the EMF slow drip. So, yes, get off to China as soon as possible.
Language...always gonna be a problem of some sort. I could say with some confidence that you (or I, and many others) will never be conversationally fluent in Chinese....to the point of having deep, meaningfull debates on the meaning of life
) But a Chinese Woman who is keen to find a Western Partner will have an easier time of learning his language...but it takes time. Modern translation methods via hand held machines or internet based translators allow for high levels of accuracy, so communication is not a show stopper. The last time we needed to resort to machine translation was when she asked me why the balls in the English Bowls game always went straight to begin, but then began to curve as they slowed down !!!!.....( this as a result of watching a World Championship game on TV !!)
I dont have any problem communicating quite complex issues with my wife, she has been learning English for nearly 3 years now and we only rarely need to resort to our computer based translators.
As a generalisation, at your age you will have a better chance of success with the 40 + women...more so than the 20-25 year olds who are from a different Planet !! Most women of this age group ( 40+) have been married before and have a child so they have virtually no hope of a happy marriage in China...so they are prepared to move Heaven and Earth to make a go of a western relationship. And I can vouch for the fact that they will also move Heaven and Earth to make their Western Man happy !!
So....pick a few likely women from CHNLove, or any of the others and get going...dont respond to admirer letters UNLESS they are from Women who you would consider eligible and within the age group you mention...and be careful which Agency you use....ask us here about any of them, there will always be a valid opinion somewhere within our Brotherhood
Have fun...
David