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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 Jean,
I am curious about how Chinese people view Obama’s election. Are they excited? How much do they know about him? Do they think that he will be good for Sino-US relations? Sorry for all the questions but I am writing a paper about the impact of Obama’s election worldwide and I would appreciate any [...]
Dear Jean,
I have a spacious apartment in Central China which simply seems too empty. I have tried to find someone to join me but to no avail. I talked to the apartment owner last week and she told me that I could have a dog stay with me as long as it is small. I [...]
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I’m teaching in Dalian starting in January, and I’ve visited a travel doctor to discuss necessary vaccinations (ugh). I understand the need for most of the vaccines she suggested, but I’m getting mixed signals about whether or not I need shots for rabies and Japanese encephalitis. She suggested them, but claimed she didn’t know [...]
Dear Jean,
I am really happy these days because after just a few weeks in China I think I have managed to defeat culture shock and adapt myself to the culture. I even tried some snake the other day and I have to say it was quite delicious. However, there is still one thing that bothers me about living here. [...]
Dear Jean,
What brands of GPS support Chinese maps? Do you know if all GPS devices can be used overseas given the maps are installed? I’m travelling to Shanghai at the end of the year.
Gary
Jean answers Gary’s question
Dear Gary,
You can certainly find a GPS with a Chinese map on it. Garmin, for example, offers a map [...]
Dear Jean,
Next week I am leaving for China. I signed a year contract back in July so I have had plenty of time to prepare for my big journey. I think that I have everything in order but there is something that has been nagging me lately. Maybe it’s because I saw the movie Babel [...]
Dear Jean,
My husband and I are mature-aged (58 and 60 this year), and both of us are thinking of going over to China next year. We would like to teach conversational English, after my husband finishes his
degree in Naturopathy and Complimentary Medicine.
I finished my degree a couple of years ago, in Mass Communication, majoring in [...]
Dear Jean,
I have been in China for 3 months now and in general I have had a first rate experience. I even like most of the Chinese food that I have encountered here which is a surprise because I never liked Chinese food at home. I do have one problem, however, that maybe you can [...]
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 [...]
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