[ksec]

> $700 is about 10% of the fair market rate in China for skills like that.

So you are suggesting $7000 for skills like that? There are still countless PHP / Golang / Rails jobs going for under $2K. While I agree $700 is insanely low even if you are in some Tier 3 cities, I don't think 10% paint an accurate picture of the current state of Programming Paid in China.

[dis-sys]

As clearly mentioned in the reply, $7,000/month is the fair market rate for someone who can propose/promote/complete such a project with visible impact on the community.