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Are Taxi Drivers in China Crazy or Brilliant?– This is the ‘heavy’ question that I tackle this week on the issue of China’s taxi drivers that we love to hate. Click here to read more…
Wearing White to Funerals — Dressing in all white for funerals in China is an ancient [...]
Written on August 30, 2008 | Posted in
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Written on August 29, 2008 | Posted in
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“I have never heard of Watergate,” a close friend told me a few days ago. “All I know is that Nixon was the first president of America to connect with China. He was a great man.” There are very few Americans from the past 50 years who Chinese people will laud and defend as ardently as former [...]
Written on August 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Just last week a taxi that I was in made a sharp U-turn right into oncoming traffic and we narrowly avoided being rear ended by a fast approaching white sedan which neither slowed down or changed lanes to avoid collision. Stupid idiot, I thought to myself about my taxi driver who looked neither shaken or sorry that [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Recently, I was invited to be a guest author on the website TransitionsAbroad.com, an online magazine that provides helpful and timely information about living and traveling abroad. This month, the well known and award winning website featured a webzine on Asia which includes an article that I wrote entitled This is China, Living Abroad in a [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Level: Beginner to Advanced
The ESL conversation topic of phobias should produce an interesting discussion. Remind your students that everyone, whether they know it or not, has some sort of fear of something.
Warmup: Tell your students about something that you are afraid of doing or seeing. This will help them to discuss their fears later on.
Give your [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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What are the top two or three programs for teaching English in China? I am looking for [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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The 2008 Olympics came to a close tonight in Beijing amidst another spectacular and dazzling performance that featured beautifully choreographed dancing, flying drums and sparkling rappellers descending from a leaning tower, as well as scenes from British culture that featured the likes of David Beckham and Led Zepplin’s Jimmy Page. This time it appeared that [...]
Written on August 24, 2008 | Posted in
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The Weekly China Roundup from TeachAbroadChina.com
Michael Phelps Swims Into the Hearts of the Chinese People–Michael Phelps made history on Sunday when he and Team USA won the 4X100 Medley relay in Beijing and grabbed his eighth gold medal of the 2008 Olympic Games. It is no wonder that he dominates the Weekly China Roundup for [...]
Written on August 23, 2008 | Posted in
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I am not going to allow myself to wonder why the IOC (International Olympic Committee) waited until three days before the end of the Olympics to fully address the Chinese gymnastic age scandal. I am not going to even dwell on the fact that the ID’s and birth certificates that China provided to the IOC [...]
Written on August 23, 2008 | Posted in
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