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“Do not drink milk in China,” a friend warned me yesterday. “My auntie, who is a nurse, told me that her hospital is full of children who are sick from drinking Chinese milk.” Fortunately, I am not a big milk drinker but there are thousands of children throughout China and Asia who are victims of [...]

There are many kinds of Chinese dumplings that you can make. In this video, we are making crab and mushroom dumplings but you can choose to make any kind of dumplings you want. Whatever you choose, you will definitely need Dumpling Covers which is ’Jiaozi Pi Er’ in Chinese Pinyin or  ’饺子皮儿’ in Chinese characters.
You will also need: Meat, [...]

Dear Jean,
I have been an ESL teacher for 6 months now in Western China and so far I have been able to avoid talking about politics. According to my contract, I am not allowed to talk about politics in China or “anything that would hurt the feelings of the Chinese people.” While I am more [...]

“They installed cameras at the front door of our church,” a foreign friend recently explained to me. “We have to check the passports of every churchgoer who looks Asian otherwise we will receive a call from the local police on Monday morning.” My acquaintance was telling me about the house church that he attends in [...]

“Drink like a fish” were the only English words that our marketing director seemed to know as he toasted the foreign teachers’ table at our Mid-Autumn Holiday dinner last night. Some of the foreign teachers took him up on the suggestion but others found it more fun to simply sit back and watch the festivities taking place. [...]

The Weekly China Roundup from TeachAbroadChina.com

A mooncake alternative — Maybe you are like me and simply do not like the taste of Chinese mooncakes. My students tell me this week that ice cream mooncakes are readily available throughout China on this holiday weekend. Some ice cream mooncakes even have fruit inside and should serve [...]

I wish I could claim that the Chinese government read my recent post entitled What Chinese People Will Not Understand About Sarah Palin before they announced this week that they are going “to allocate 600 million yuan (about 87.7 million U.S dollars) to build 190 special schools for the disabled this year.” While I doubt that the Chinese government [...]

When it comes to ESL teaching compensation packages in China, there is usually not a huge difference money-wise between choosing a free apartment or not. For example, if an ESL school is offering you a 7500 RMB per month salary with a free apartment, the entire package may be worth closer to 10,000 RMB depending on [...]

The Forbidden City is a cultural treasure with more than 600 years of history that should not be missed on a visit to Beijing. Completed in 1421 A.D., the Forbidden City served as the seat of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years and later as the political center for the Qing dynasty which ruled [...]

Level: Beginner to Advanced
Find someone who….ESL Conversation Topic is similiar to other ESL topics on this website. This activity will give your voice a rest and allow your students to mingle with each other.
Warmup: Pass out a sheet with the following material on it to every student. Tell them they must get 16 separate signatures [...]