My wife and I were talking about this the other day. She was telling me that during the day I'm teaching Oral ESL and in the evenings and my days off I'm just sitting about the home. She kept giving me grief that idle time is not productive, blah, blah you know how wives are when it comes to...
I've recieved no better or no worse then when I was an expat in any other country. I've broad shoulders and just shrug it off, I wont loose sleep over some random comment.
Well China is showing the signs of things officialy slowing down (behind the scenes who really knows the true extent). It's having an effect on a lot of countries at the moment.
At least he is doing something with his personal money (not his ex companies). Says a lot for the other super wealthy business people in the world that just sit on it.
The easiest way is as said above and get a translation done by an approved provider. It just makes life easier when doing the applications and paperwork. If it's not on the list they can reject it and it will waste your time.