Middle Kingdom LifePerspectives on Living & Teaching in China
“Opening Up” Requires More Than Just International Trade
China will be a phenomenal country one day when it is able to accept, on the deepest of personal levels, that “world-class greatness” does not come from perfection, outer beauty, an absence of air pollution, or superlative achievement in the Olympic Games but from honest and open self-reflection.
Are Foreign Teachers Who Date Their Students Unethical?
Foreign oral English teachers in China’s university system clearly exist outside the institutional, social, political, and academic mainstream. One simply cannot be regarded as holding a position of power in this context.
Are You a Foreign Teacher in China?
This led us to wonder “What factors are associated with foreign teacher satisfaction in China?” After conducting a preliminary literature review, we developed a survey to explore that very question. The survey will take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes to complete and we urge you to do so if you are or were a foreign teacher in China.
Evaluation System for Foreign Language Expert
Upon a cursory examination of the 23 traits this test purports to measure, one need not be a Western psychologist to accurately surmise that this is neither a standardized test nor one that has any precedence of use.
SAFEA, Foreign Teachers, and Chinese Boxes*
If you are a foreign teacher in China, don’t worry about the 5-year, 60-year, or any other “rule” in China. Instead, invite your FAO out to dinner and present him or her with a gift (an expensive carton of cigarettes is good for men, if they smoke, and maybe a nice box of imported chocolates will do nicely for the women).
China Should Rescind Golden Week Holidays
From a Western perspective, a holiday is only a holiday if you don’t have to work on a day you normally would and you get paid for it anyway. I think China will be much healthier place for all of us to live and work in when a holiday is really a holiday and not just a mandatory rescheduled workday.
A Few Cautionary Words about Prostitution in China
Generally speaking, foreign men in China will have access primarily (if not only) to those prostitutes who comprise the mid- to lower-tiers unless their Chinese is excellent and they are residing permanently in the country. The fourth to sixth tiers of prostitution, in descending order, constitute: “ding dong” girls (dingdong xiaojie), so named because they operate out of hotel rooms and will ring the doorbells of hotel patrons who they think might be interested in their services
Just Lucky At Banking In China I Guess
My wife and I recently moved from Hainan to Guangdong province. I was hoping I would not have to open up yet another bank account, but hope is cheap. China Telecom could not use my Bank of China account in Haikou with which to open an ADSL Internet account in Guangzhou and the [...]
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