What Xing Jianxin saw frightened him, and the former country boy made a decision to return home and start rehabilitating land 'addicted' to pesticides and chemical fertilizers. He tells Fan Zhen how h Read more »
What is the EFL Industry Like in China?
English language learning can be accurately thought of as a national obsession in China with an estimated 325 million people (one-fifth the population) studying English at any given time with an expen Read more »
EFL Teacher Certification Programs
There is a great deal of debate on various China EFL teachers' forums about the necessity and usefulness of EFL certificate training programs for teaching English in China. This chapter will discuss t Read more »
Official SAFEA Contract and Addendum
Contracts Contractual agreements do not have the same weight or meaning in China as they do in the West. Whereas contracts are viewed as static and binding agreements in the West, in China, they are t Read more »
SAFEA Contract Now Includes Probationary Period
In response to a forum question from one of our readers, it has been confirmed by our Chinese consultant, Gavin Xu, that the new official SAFEA teaching contract includes a mandatory stipulation of a Read more »
New Smoking Laws Begin to Be Implemented January 1
The Chinese government is taking a strong stance in their attempts to implement new smoking rules. With an estimated 350 million smokers in China, their task is going to be a difficult one. This week Read more »
Food, food, food. In the USA, you may have to travel many miles to buy groceries - it's horrible, makes no sense. In Chinese cities you don't have to go far to find street sellers, open air markets, s Read more »
After three weeks of complaining to my friend, we finally went to see the Forbidden City. As many people know, many of the temples, palaces and structures there have been erected between 1400 to 1500s Read more »
5 Things I Have Learned In China
5 Things China has taught me 1. Be humble. People here will spend their hard earned money (at times) to make sure that I have a comfortable life here, which leads into #2. 2. Share. Sharing is not t Read more »
7 Tips on How to Prepare for a Health Emergency in China
I've never felt more panicked and frustrated in China then when dealing with a Chinese ambulance and medics in an emergency last summer. I was studying at a university in a mid-sized fairly modern C Read more »
Dealing With The Pressure to Marry on Chinese Singles
In contemporary Chinese society, there is still a constant pressure to marry on Chinese singles. This pressure has been perpetuated by the one child policy, as parents focus all their attention on the Read more »
Five Events in Chinese History (That Every Laowai Should Know About)
Chinese people are rightfully proud of their long and intriguing history. Full of power struggles, revolutions, warlords and emperors, it’s a vast and often intimidating topic to even begin to grasp. Read more »
I’m Sure It’ll be Fine: Street Food and Food Safety Standards in China
Everyone has been horrified by the increasing number of food scandals and we all know that eating food from unregulated street vendors is fraught with dangers, yet we keep doing it. The risks have don Read more »
Organic Food in China: How Lack of Trust Affects the Prices
Editor’s note: This article was translated and compiled from wenxuecity.com and various other sites, and addresses the issue of the high prices of organic food in China. According to wenxuecity.com, C Read more »
Are Foreign Teachers Who Date Their Students Unethical?
This is a question that routinely pops up on China Teacher Internet forums from time to time. I was recently reminded of the topic when I noticed that someone had been referred to the site after presu Read more »
Swap coffee for green tea. Green tea is full of antioxidants that alleviate the health risks from aerobic exercise in polluted air and satiates caffeine cravings. It also causes fewer digestive issues Read more »
Chinese herbal compound may fight chronic pain
A plant used for centuries as a pain reliever in Chinese medicine may help fight chronic pain, U.S. and Chinese researchers said Thursday. The flowering plant Corydalis, a member of the poppy family, Read more »
Probably the greatest adjustment required of us all as foreign teachers is coping with the language barrier—and it is so formidable, pervasive and ubiquitous, that it is almost unimaginable prior to a Read more »
Culture Shock and Clinical Depression
Four Stages of Culture ShockA great deal has been written about the nature of the culture shock experienced, to varying degrees, by all foreigners in China. Essentially, just about everything is dif Read more »
China's 2014 official holiday schedule misses out Lunar New Year's Eve
Imagine finalising plans for a long-awaited new year family reunion – calling the parents, booking flights – when suddenly, the government posts a simple document online that renders it all in vain. Read more »
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