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If it was not already, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is now officially an accomplice to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and all of the Chinese government’s attempts to censor free speech and block personal freedoms in China. According to a report from Reuter’s on Wednesday, “some International Olympic Committee officials cut a deal to let China [...]
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Adults
Internet love is a fascinating ESL Conversation Topic that your Chinese students are sure to enjoy talking about.
Warmup: Give your students a few profiles (in English of course) from a popular dating website like Match.com and go over some of the details. Make sure your students understand any new vocabulary words. [...]
Ask Jean about China is a weekly feature on TeachAbroadChina.com. We welcome any questions related to living and working in China. Feel free to submit your questions by clicking here. We look forward to hearing from you.
Dear Jean,
I am planning on coming to China in September to teach English in Shanghai. I have a [...]
In the aftermath of the earthquake in Sichuan province, I wrote an article entitled Will the Earthquake Bring China and Japan Closer Together? In the post, I suggested that China’s acceptance of Japanese aid in Sichuan might well be a turning point in Sino-Japanese relations, which were already thawing. Since then, it does seem that relations have [...]
Whatever happened to China’s ability to bring nature under its control? After all, the CCP has been able to harness the Yangtze River with the Three Gorges Dam, build a train route to Lhasa that many said was impossible, and make rain fall from the sky on cue. So what is going on in Beijing? [...]
I almost accepted the first teaching job that I was offered in China. A contract was sent to me for my consideration from an ESL recruiter in Dalian, a city in China’s Northern North Eastern Liaoning province. All I had to see were the words “there is a beautiful beach nearby” and I was ready to sign my name to the [...]
Most Chinese people hate the Dalai Lama with a passion; my friends and students certainly are not bashful about saying so. Why do they hate him so much? Well, there are many reasons, of course but the events of yesterday in the United States is a prime example. Yesterday, in Aspen, Colorado, the Dalai Lama met [...]
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Is the Olympic Stampede in Beijing surprising? — Not really. The Associated Press reports that in Beijing, 250,000 tickets that went on sale on Friday in Beijing caused a major stampede. According to the article from Yahoo News, people were knocked to the ground and metal barricades were bent in “the chaotic rush.” [...]
I saw Chairman Mao one time in Beijing. Or at least I thought it was Chairman Mao. I was only able to glance at him for five short seconds before a somber faced security guard prodded myself and hundreds of other people out of the Chairman Mao Mausoleum and back onto Tiananmen Square. Yes, Mao Zedong, the founder of [...]
Some of the items on this list may seem a little crazy. While I am trying to have some fun, I have observed foreigners doing most if not all of these things during different trips that I have taken in China. Feel free to add some of your own in the comments section.
1. Wear a [...]
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