When they were kittens they would stalk and chase them, but the hens are tough and put the dogs and cats in their place. Our hound steers clear of them after they hung a licking on him once.

Lol, those are some badass hens you got there :D

Damn man, I lived in Guangzhou for almost 7 years! To be honest, I despise that city. It has the worst vibe and attracts the worst talent. Long story short, at some moment have moved to suburb of Shenzhen, which is right on the border with Hong Kong(read:civilization) and those 3 years I've stayed there were quite awesome. I lived 40 minutes away from the downtown by public transport, which is very well developed there, I had a crossing to Hong Kong like 15 minutes away by bike, and that took me to Central HK in 1-1.5 hour. Not to mention we lived at the steps of a hill with a really nice hike trail and the beach was roughly 20 minutes away by cab, or an hour by bike from us. If it wasn't for China being China and life there wasn't as expensive, I would have stayed for longer.

Where do you live in BC?
To be honest with you, after 10+ years in those crazy Chinese megalopolises, I wanted to move to something smaller and slower. I am currently living in Tashkent, which has a population of 2+ million, but even though it is a capital, it is still Central Asia, and the place is like slooow. Once every couple months I still go to China for business trips, but those week or two that I spend there typically make me tired of all that shit really fast, and I want to go back to my cheap food and cat. Not to mention my daughter and wife, lol.

But to be like really honest with you, if I had a different nationality or at least education/skillset, I'd go to small town in Canada, EU or NZ in a heartbeat. The issue is I am a fucking russian by passport and I studied finance in the university, meaning I am not even making the line for skilled workers immigration programs. So ima be hustling.