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Teaching in China
This three-part series of articles is intended to prepare novice EFL teachers for their very first EFL classes with younger students in China. Although written with a slant towards Read More...
A few months ago, MKL reported a story about Guangzhou's plan to require a standardized teaching certificate of all its foreign English teachers. This was understood as the government's attempt at standardizing minimum EFL training in the absence of...
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Middle Kingdom Life recently received an inquiry from a foreign teacher regarding an online “psychological test” he was asked to take by a prospective employer as a pre-employment screening tool. We had never heard of this test so we scouted around...
Read More...Opinion-Editorial
A particularly memorable occasion when I encountered the use of fake degrees and titles among foreign teachers in China was some six years ago shortly after I had arrived in the city of Haikou. I had the opportunity to meet another foreigner for the...
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It's a question I find myself asking every time I need to call the Bank of China about my secured "international" credit card, Great Wall Credit Card. I need to call them more months than not to request that they fax my statement because, well, China...
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Sonia and I had to traipse off to Hong Kong last week for a few days. To make a very long story short, she wanted to amend her passport to include her married name and doing so required that we first register the marriage with the Philippines embassy...
Read More...Personal Stories
In response to your Guide’s chapter on “Advantages to Having a Chinese Wife,” I wanted to offer my personal experience with the pros and cons of being married to...
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One day I found myself writing to Dr. Greg complaining about the lack of information on this website for Western women dating Chinese men. He agreed with me and explained that the problem was not limited to this website but was a general problem throughout...
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I have a good friend back home who occasionally sends me spiritually-uplifting e-mails usually containing inspirational photos, PowerPoint presentations, touching poems, emotionally-moving stories, and the like. For the most part, I think they are nice...
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Foreign Residency Tax Imposed in Guangzhou Effective January 1, 2010, Guangzhou-based Western expatriates and...
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SAFEA Contract Now Includes Probationary Period In response to a forum question from one of our readers, it has been...
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