India, April 29 -- When Bradley Krae first moved to China in 2016, he never imagined the country would eventually become home. Born in California and raised across multiple American states including Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, Virginia, Montana and Oklahoma, Krae said he never stayed in one place long enough to truly call it home.

"If you'd told me back then that I'd end up in China, I would've laughed," he told CNBC Make It.

Today, the 36-year-old lives in Shenzhen, China with his wife and two young children - a life he describes as his own version of the "American Dream."

Krae moved to Shenzhen at the age of 27 after landing a job as an English teacher in the southern Chinese tech hub near Hong Kong.

To make the move possible...