China's Rich & Poor One of the most astounding things about China is the gap between rich and poor. In the urbanised east coast there are pockets of incredible wealth and success but for every rich businessman in Shanghai with a property empire there are thousands living in [...]
As tempting as it may be to just throw your laptop, flip flops and Chinese phrase book into a bag and hop on a plane it’s probably wiser to make sure that your proverbial ducks are all lined up and you’ve thought things through before accepting a teaching job in China. Teaching [...]
If I can’t speak Chinese and they can’t speak English, then..... It has one of those statements for me, you know, the ones we classify under “If I had a nickel for every time I heard that one, I'd be...”. The thing is, at one time I was guilty of asking this [...]
