Robert Vance here. You may have noticed that our site has been down quite a bit during the last few days. Thankfully, there should be no more downtime as we have moved TeachAbroadChina.com to a brand new VPS server. We are excited about this move because it means that our site will perform much better [...]
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Where Have We Been?
Posted by Robert Vance on August 6th, 2008
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No Comments »Stampedes and Communism Dominate the Weekly China Roundup
Posted by Robert Vance on July 26th, 2008
The Weekly China Roundup from TeachAbroadChina.com
Is the Olympic Stampede in Beijing surprising? — Not really. The Associated Press reports that in Beijing, 250,000 tickets that went on sale on Friday in Beijing caused a major stampede. According to the article from Yahoo News, people were knocked to the ground and metal barricades were bent in “the chaotic rush.” [...]
Hospitals and Tibet Dominate the Weekly China Roundup
Posted by Robert Vance on July 19th, 2008
The Weekly China Roundup from Sino News on TeachAbroadChina.com
Robert Vance is in a Chinese hospital this week — I used to think I was a hard core traveler until I came down with appendicitis this week on a short trip into Central China. Having six Chinese doctors peering down at me in the operating room and [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: central china, chinese doctors, chinese hospital, esl school, mandarin, robert vance No Comments »Searching for the Olympic Spirit in China
Posted by Robert Vance on July 15th, 2008
Robert Vance here. With under a month remaining before Beijing basks in the glorious light of the Olympic Opening Ceremony, I am in search of something that has gone missing in China. I have been faithfully searching for it but it continues to elude me. It was here just a few short months ago. I know it was; [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008-Olympics, Carrefour, China, Olympic Games, olympic opening ceremony, olympic spirit, protests, robert vance, Tibet No Comments »China Working Visa Notes for ESL Teachers
Posted by Robert Vance on July 3rd, 2008
*** A Special Update from Robert Vance about Visas for ESL Teachers in China on TeachAbroadChina.com. Please click here for MORE information and discussion about work visas in China.
My passport was finally returned to me this week by my school. I was very happy and relieved to open the passport and find a residence permit affixed to [...]
Posted in Chinese Visa Information Tags: China, china visa, chinese government, passport, robert vance, work visa, working visa, working visas, Z visa 2 Comments »Construction and Chinese License Plates Dominate the Weekly China Roundup
Posted by Robert Vance on June 13th, 2008
The Weekly China Roundup from Sino News on TeachAbroadChina.com
– This week, I wrote about ambitious regulations handed down from Beijing that are designed to ensure that new construction in Sichuan meets certain ‘earthquake resistant’ standards. But will Beijing be able to enforce the new policies and why are they not applying these regulations to other earthquake prone [...]
Ping pong and Ambulances Dominate the Weekly China Roundup
Posted by Robert Vance on May 10th, 2008
The Weekly China Roundup from Sino News on TeachAbroadChina.com
Hu’s got game: If Chinese President Hu JinTao’s prowess on the ping pong table in Tokyo this week is a foreshadow of things to come in August, countries of the world should beware! Japan Today reports that on Thursday, Mr. Hu “beat Japanese teen player Fukuhara in five of the eight [...]
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