The thing is, now that I've been treated, I know that my heart sufferred no damage and that the arteries are more clear than the vast majority of people. I just wonder if the stigma will keep out of any place that's decent.
So if the questionnaire asks you if you suffer from heart disease you can honestly answer 'no'.
That's a question and answer I hadn't thought of. I guess I could honestly say 'no'. But won't the question of past heart disease come up in some way for insurance purposes?
If your school gives you any insurance at all it will in all likelyhood just be a very basic policy designed to cover your ordinary medical needs, and there won't be any restrictions for pre-existing conditions. Don't expect too much in the way of insurance from any Chinese school. The insurance some schools give is a nice bonus, but usually it is nothing you can really rely on in a true emergency.
If you decide to get your own private expat insurance then the issue would come up, but your school wouldn't know about that, because it would be all on you.
I think the main thing the health check is really concerned with though is communicable diseases. Sure the school doesn't want you to die on them, but that's not the real reasoning behind the health check. I had a friend who found out he had a heart murmur when he had his health check done and was still granted his residence permit. No one even seemed particularly concerned.