It was very nice of Google to apologize to China this week for allowing ’smut’ links to appear in its search listings. The question is, did Google actually make any effort to modify its search listings in China? Search results for the word ’sexy girl’ causes one to wonder if Google was simply giving lip service [...]
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Porn Links Are Still Readily Available On Google China
Posted by Robert Vance on January 9th, 2009
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Tags: CCP, Chinese Censorship, Google China, Porn in China, Sex in China, Yellow Pages 
2 Comments »Why Smoking in China is Out of Control
Posted by Robert Vance on January 4th, 2009
Recently, one of my foreign friends became so frustrated with the smoking habits of Chinese men that he decided to take matters into his own hands. He purchased a few sheets of sticky ‘No Smoking’ signs and began plastering them up in front of people’s faces whenever they lit up in an inappropriate place.
“I was on [...]
Looking Back on China in 2008
Posted by Robert Vance on December 31st, 2008
It was not hard for me to look back on China in 2008. All I had to do was peruse through my blog the ‘Vance Report’ to get a snapshot of 2008. It has been an amazing year for China and one that will go down into the history books as a bittersweet collection of [...]
Dealing With Chinese University Students Who Expect a Grade for Nothing
Posted by Robert Vance on December 23rd, 2008
Tis’ the season to be jolly, falalala. It is also the season when students that I have never laid eyes on before start showing up to class and acting as I am their best friend. Here are just a few of the excuses that I have heard recently for why students did not show up [...]
How Does China Celebrate Christmas?
Posted by Robert Vance on December 18th, 2008
A headless angel and a missing ‘Baby Jesus’ were the casualties sustained by my nativity scene set after it was shown to nearly 1,000 Chinese students during Christmas a few years ago. Of course, what did I expect? I allowed students to ‘carefully’ handle the figurines because I wanted them to better understand the Christmas [...]
My Student Mary – A Lonely Peasant Girl From Rural China
Posted by Robert Vance on December 10th, 2008
Her name is Mary. She is only 19 years old but already she has many grey hairs. On Thursday mornings in my freshmen oral English class, she always sits alone in the back of the room. No one ever talks to her; she appears to have no friends. Whenever she speaks, the disdainful expressions that I [...]
Dalai Lama Visit to France Stirs Up Talk Of More Carrefour Protests in China
Posted by Robert Vance on December 4th, 2008
As French president Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to meet the Dalai Lama on Saturday, it appears that many here in China are not willing to learn from the mistakes of the past. This week, my university campus is buzzing with talk of once again boycotting Carrefour in response to this highly controversial meeting that has already [...]
Are There Any Gentlemen in China?
Posted by Robert Vance on November 28th, 2008
“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 [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: China, Chinese men, manners in China, public bus in China 53 Comments »Understanding the Bush Legacy in China
Posted by Robert Vance on November 24th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: Bush Legacy China, Bush on China, Chinese Politics, George Bush, hu jintao, Taiwan Policy, Tibet Policy 9 Comments »Will There Be Jobs For Newly Graduated Students In China?
Posted by Robert Vance on November 21st, 2008
“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 [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: China, China Economy, chinese students, Economic Crisis, English in China, Financial Meltdown No Comments »
