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Nov 04, 2010 Comments(1)
Ask anyone who has ever worked as an English teacher in China, and they’ll tell you that the differences between the Chinese and Western education models are vast. Working in a Chinese office can be a shock to the system if you’re more used to ...... Read More>>
Jan 13, 2015 Comments(33)
This translated article is another post in what appears to be a continuing trend of trying to quantify what makes marriages between Chinese people and foreigners work. ... Read More>>
Feb 07, 2015 Comments(17)
A recent worldwide survey revealed that China’s airlines have the worst record for flight delays. Sohu.com recently posted an interesting piece that provides some mind-boggling statistics, reasons for the delays and details about obtaining compensation. ... Read More>>
Jan 15, 2015 Comments(34)
This translated article shows the results of a survey regarding love and marriage in China for 2014. The article reveals some worrying trends, such as the toll that pressure to marry from families has on the mental health of singles and increasingly high ...... Read More>>
Oct 21, 2017 Comments(10)
Many foreigners are surprised at the relative freedom they enjoy here in China. For those who have never visited before, scary images of censorship and soldiers can cloud an otherwise reasonable person’s mind. ... Read More>>
Oct 10, 2013 Comments(34)
Many Chinese dishes that Chinese people love invoke repulsion in foreigners. Here, a Chinese reporter tried to uncover the reasons why so many foreigners recoil at some of China’s favorite foods. ... Read More>>
Mar 30, 2015 Comments(13)
The differences between Beijing and Shanghai are night and day, and the same can be said about the expats residing in them. ... Read More>>
Dec 16, 2013 Comments(19)
After four years in China it is hard to not become jaded about this country. As a solution, this freelancer went and researched 10 things expats miss about China after they leave. It seems rose-tinted glasses and nostaligia do wonders for our memories. ... Read More>>
Nov 06, 2012 Comments(11)
As evidenced by simply living here and opening one’s eyes occasionally, Chinese people are (and always have been) a notoriously thin nation. Despite this, however, the culture itself has only relatively recently embraced the Western ideal of thin as ...... Read More>>
Aug 08, 2016 Comments(37)
Broadly speaking, China’s materialistic image and its love affair with modernization are hard to deny. But is it really fair to assume that “average” Chinese people all pine after the latest gadgets or care only about getting their hands on a designer ...... Read More>>
Nov 27, 2014 Comments(23)
Over the years, reports and studies about the rise of sexual harassment in China have been published on a frequent basis and despite implementing a sexual harassment law in 2005, the problem does not seem to be abating. This translated article highlights ...... Read More>>
Feb 06, 2018
We want to know what you love about living in China, what you hate about it and what you would change if you could.In return, we’ll be randomly selecting four participants to win 500 RMB each. ... Read More>>
Aug 15, 2016 Comments(35)
Being so firmly nestled in our foreign roosts here, we eat sub-par pizza, and delicately spit food into napkins instead of on the table. It’s all part of being an expat in China. However, it’s important to remember some of the baser pleasures that flourish...... Read More>>
May 19, 2014 Comments(13)
Four popular US TV shows, including The Big Bang Theory and The Good Wife, were recently removed from China’s major video streaming sites. This move has prompted much debate and speculation about the motifs behind this move and what it means for the future ...... Read More>>
Dec 17, 2014 Comments(17)
Gone are the days when marrying your daughter to a “waiguo” (foreign) man was something to take pride in, something to make your neighbours green with envy. Whereas a few decades ago, a waiguo son-in-law carried with him the added prize of a ticket out of ...... Read More>>
Mar 11, 2013 Comments(2)
A new social phenomenon, "Generation Z puppy love" is sweeping China. An increasing number of children in their early teens and younger are in relationships and using the “L” word. Is China’s puppy love phenomenon merely an innocent schoolyard ...... Read More>>
Oct 21, 2014 Comments(62)
This opinion piece, translated from ifeng.com and a shining example of Occidentalism, was written by a Yao Shujie, a professor of contemporary Chinese studies at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. ... Read More>>
Sep 30, 2013 Comments(32)
From the streets to your own home, it seems like there’s no place that is free from the cacophony of sounds in China! Here’s a list of the top 8 sounds that can drive an expat crazy in China! ... Read More>>
May 05, 2010 Comments(2)
Women are a minority in China and this is true no matter whether the women are foreign or Chinese. There’s no doubt that being a woman in China carries with it some significant challenges. Chinese women have grown up with the remnants of Confucianism ...... Read More>>
Aug 11, 2015 Comments(9)
A well-known recruitment website for white-collar workers recently launched a survey on worker's quality of life. 13,400 white collar workers answered the survey. Stuffy offices, too many meetings, and too much overtime are among the top complaints of ...... Read More>>
Jun 24, 2015 Comments(28)
What noises in China drive you crazy? In Part II of this article, we took some of your comments into consideration. Let’s hear what else is driving the expat world insane. ... Read More>>
Jul 18, 2016 Comments(25)
My family hated my decision to move to China. In their minds, it was the most ridiculous, off-the-wall, absurd thing someone would ever want to do. Consequently, I found myself falling victim to some of the many expat stereotypes that exist and it wasn’t a ...... Read More>>
Apr 17, 2014 Comments(23)
The sex worker industry has been a hot topic in the news in recent months with all the raids taking place, most notably in Dongguan, as part of a nation-wide crackdown. In this translated article, the author looks at Pan Suiming’s 12 year study on the ...... Read More>>
Feb 12, 2010 Comments(2)
“Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. ...... Read More>>
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