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Middle Kingdom Life is an award-winning educational website founded by a professor of psychology and a school headmaster in Jilin. We offer valid and reliable information about living and working in China.

Foreign Teachers Guide

The Foreign Teachers Guide to Living and Working in China is the most comprehensive source of information you will find on the Internet today written by named sources.

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Middle Kingdom Life offers a wide array of resources for prospective foreign teachers and Western expats including professional advice, reviews, classified ads, and dozens of articles on living and teaching in China.

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Q/A Forums

Professional advice when you need it from a licensed mental health professional and school headmaster.

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Expat Reviews

Learn what's hot and what's not in our expat reviews. Share your particularly good and bad experiences in China.

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Marketplace

Have something you'd like to sell? Maybe swap some books? A personal service other foreigners might need?

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Feature Articles

Dozens of feature articles that compliment the Guide's content and address issues related to living and teaching in China.

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This Month's Featured Articles

Featured Articles

Middle Kingdom Life comprises over 1400 pages of text organized by dozens of articles and over 74 chapters in the Foreign Teachers Guide to Living and Working in China. Every month we will use this section to highlight various articles and chapters from the Guide that we think merit extra attention.

Non-White, Non-Native English Speaking Female in China

Latin WomanA single Latin female English teacher shares what it was like for her to live and work in a small town in Anhui Province.
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Our China EFL Adventure

Young CoupleA Western couple shares their decision-making process to teach English in China and explains how they chose their current position.
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Proud, Educated, and Working Class: Teaching English in China

Alex SchofieldMKL contributor Alex Schofield, a young British man originally from South Africa, explains what it takes to succeed as a foreign English teacher in mainland China.
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TEFL Primer: This 5-chapter primer will provide you with a basic understanding of EFL concepts and issues in China.

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Images Soup to nuts: 36 extensive chapters plus a pre-employment checklist and a "Reader's Digest Version" will guide prospective foreign teachers in their decision-making process.

This exhaustively comprehensive section is approached from a psycho-social and vocational-developmental perspective, covering everything you need to know to make an informed and intelligent decision about teaching English in China.

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Images Life in China is not easy for any of us. One research study reports that 50 percent of all Western expats leave China earlier than originally planned. Our thirty-chapter section will help you mentally prepare for your journey. We take you, step-by-step, from what you can expect the day after you arrive to long-term, ongoing adjustment issues.

You will learn about such topics as culture shock, how to distinguish it from clinical depression, the language barrier, social etiquette, currency and banking, the healthcare system, shopping, eating out and cooking at home, friendships, and even religious worship to name but a few.

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Taking Exam

Self-tests: Take one of our four online MKL-exclusive quizzes to assess your potential in China.

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Chinese Girl Dating in China: Our eight-chapter section on Dating, Sex, and Relationships will teach you everything you need to know about dating and marrying Chinese girls.

Most Western men have preconceived ideas about Asian women that are very far off from the truth. Learn about the psychology of Chinese women, dating etiquette, and what to do if you decide to tie the knot.

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Middle Kingdom Life is the premier award-winning educational website for foreign teachers and Western expats in China. It was founded by an American professor in psychology and sociology for the purpose of disseminating valid and reliable information about living and teaching in China. The site's mission is to protect and enhance the interests and social welfare of foreign teachers and Western expats in China.

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