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China Vs. Barack Obama – An article that I wrote on Tuesday entitled Is China Ready for Barack Obama? has been the focus of much attention in the blogosphere this week. Unfortunately, it has also been the focus of some well known racist websites in the United States. What do you think [...]
“She had small herpes on her hands and her feet,” was how a Chinese student recently informed me that her niece had just a few days ago contracted the Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, also known as EV71. ”She is OK now,” my student explained. “We took her to the hospital on the first day so the doctors were able to treat her.” My [...]
Level: Intermediate to Advanced (appropriate for adults)
The ESL Conversation Topic of Dating should make the time pass by quickly in your English class. Just make sure it does get out of control!
Warmup: Talk about a funny or sad dating experience that you had back in your own country. Ask students if they have any stories [...]
Unless a tidal wave washes you away or an earthquake swallows you up, your country’s embassy or consul in China is about as useful as an expired passport in an emergency. If you get into any trouble that is even remotely your fault while traveling in China, do not expect your friendly neighborhood embassy to [...]
“I don’t have a problem with black people,” a Chinese student recently stated in one of my classes. “It’s just that I don’t understand their language or their culture very well.” We were talking about the U.S. Democratic nominee Barack Obama who could become America’s first African American president in September if he can defeat the Republican nominee John [...]
“We do think that we are better than the rest of China,” stated a young Cantonese lady during my recent visit to Guangdong Province. She went on to explain how the rest of China constantly flows into Southern China to “steal our jobs” and “get rich” on the backs of the Cantonese people. According to [...]
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I do not remember paying for anything during my first month of teaching in China. Whether I was eating dinner, playing badminton, singing at KTV, or watching a movie at the local theater, one of my Chinese friends would always ‘pick up the tab.’ If I started to pull money out of my wallet, my [...]
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– This week, I wrote about ambitious regulations handed down from Beijing that are designed to ensure that new construction in Sichuan meets certain ‘earthquake resistant’ standards. But will Beijing be able to enforce the new policies and why are they not applying these regulations to other earthquake prone [...]
A few months ago, I wrote an article entitled Is Yao Ming a Sellout? in which I discussed the Chinese born NBA star’s unpopularity among many in his home country. Yao Ming has often been criticized for not having given enough back to China. Apparently, the 2 million dollars that Yao Ming has promised to donate to the [...]
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