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“Aiyaaa!” I exclaimed as a man stepped in front of me recently to take a bus seat that had just been vacated. The seat should have been mine but I wanted to give it to an elderly lady who was standing nearby. I waited for the man to look at me and then I pointed to [...]

Dear Jean,
I am taking an Asian history class and I have an interesting assignment ahead of me for the end of the semester. I am supposed to write a 10 page paper on who I think was the most famous person in Chinese history. While I can certainly pick someone myself, I am curious about [...]

In recent days, following the Presidential election, I have continually been asked by my more politically minded university students what I think about President Bush’s eight years in office. Usually, I turn the question around and ask them to tell me what they think about Mr. Bush’s impact on China during his two terms in [...]

“I worry that I will not be able to find a good job after I graduate,” a student recently told me in class. This fear has been echoed by many of my students who are well aware of the impact that the global economic crisis has already had on China. They know about the factories in [...]

Here comes the FDA to save the day. This is the week when the FDA (Federal Food and Drug Administration) will be opening three offices in China. Why? Someone in Washington thinks that the FDA can do what the Chinese government has constantly failed to do; protect people from being poisoned by Chinese goods that are constantly [...]

Dear Jean,
I was all excited about using my Wordpress blog once I arrived here in China. Imagine my disappointment when I realized that it was blocked here. Now, I am reduced to sending out weekly emails to my friends and family. I would much prefer to write on my blog which is much easier to [...]

Dear TeachAbroadChina.com viewers,
I want to apologize for a post that has been removed from TeachAbroadChina.com tonight. I was attempting to poke some fun at the Chinese government for an television episode that I saw recently which was slightly disturbing. The piece was not written clearly and has caused some confusion. While I stand by the [...]

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We are hearing from around China that the visa situation is much better now that the Olympics are well behind us. Native speakers of English who are coming to China to work for a legitimate English school or training center should now have no trouble securing a residence permit and foreign expert’s certificate. However, the Visa process has [...]