Welcome to Ask Vance about China, a new feature on TeachAbroadChina.com. Site founder Robert Vance will do his best to answer any questions that you may have about China within 24 hours. This service is completely free and is intended to help educate people who are thinking about coming here.
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Ask Vance about China
Posted by Robert Vance on August 19th, 2009
Posted in Ask Jean about China 
Tags: Ask about China, China, chinese culture, Cost of Living, Great Wall, live in China 
36 Comments »Why Clinton and Obama are Big Hypocrites on China
Posted by Robert Vance on February 27th, 2009
Hillary Clinton is a hypocrite on China. Plain and simple. These days, I try not to dabble with politics too much on the Vance Report but sometimes I just cannot help it. This is one of those situations.
Last week, on her first trip to Asia as Secretary of State, she made it abundantly clear that [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: CCP, China, China Human Rights, hillary clinton, olympics, persecution, President Obama, Tibet 5 Comments »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 52 Comments »Who Is the Most Famous Person in Chinese History?
Posted by Jean Chesterton on November 25th, 2008
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 [...]
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 »Will FDA Offices in China Change Anything?
Posted by Robert Vance on November 18th, 2008
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 Chinese FCC…
Posted by Robert Vance on November 16th, 2008
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Why Stealing Is So Easy In China
Posted by Robert Vance on November 6th, 2008
Recently, a Chinese work colleague of mine, who is six months pregnant, was buying pork at a small street market near her apartment. As she was paying for the pork, a man on a bicycle rode by, reached into her purse and removed her wallet. She did not notice the missing wallet until hours later [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: China, Chinese crime, Chinese Thieves, crime, crime in China, Good Samaritan, Robbers in China 4 Comments »Will An Obama Presidency Mean the End of Rush Limbaugh?
Posted by Robert Vance on October 29th, 2008
I live in a country where free speech in the media is virtually non-existent. Radio, television, and the print media are all controlled by the Central government in China. Anti-government or anti-China rhetoric in any public broadcasts or announcements are strictly forbidden. Of course, just 40 years ago, Chinese people had to be careful about what they [...]
Why Mid-Autumn Day in China is More than Just Food and Drink
Posted by Robert Vance on September 13th, 2008
“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. [...]
