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“Quite a few of your English students are prostitutes,” a friend told me today as she recounted a conversation that she had with her hair stylist recently. “The guy who cut my hair told me that many of your training center’s female students come to him two or three times a week to get their hair done before they go [...]
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The Weekly China Roundup from TeachAbroadChina.com

China wonders about Sarah Palin — The Financial Times is reporting that Sarah Palin’s name has become of one of the most searched for keywords on Chinese search engines this week. One aspect of Governor Palin’s life that will undoubtedly intrigue many here is the birth of her fifth child [...]
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Although I risk being faced with a vehement chorus of disagreement for saying so, Chinese bosses have been relatively easy to please throughout my ‘illustrious’ ESL teaching career in China. It is true that their requests to appear at business dinners with them or appear in the occasional school advertisement can be annoying, but in general [...]
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Most of my Chinese friends as is the case with many Americans, know very little about Governor Sarah Palin, John Mcain’s choice for running mate in the 2008 Presidential Election. When they do learn more about her, there is one aspect of her life that will undoubtedly catch the attention of many people here. Earlier [...]
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His name is Junior. He does not look remarkable; he is short with glasses and sports a buzz haircut. His lunch, which he carries to school every day is also unremarkable. It usually consists of mostly rice and vegetables which a little meat scattered here and there. Junior is one of my adult English students [...]
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Dear Jean,
I am a Filipino who has spent 20 years in the Philippines and 8 years in the United States. While English is not my first language, I definitely feel that my skills are very good and that my ‘accent’ has diminished since coming to the U.S. I am wondering how much luck I would have in [...]
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The Weekly China Roundup from TeachAbroadChina.com

Are Taxi Drivers in China Crazy or Brilliant?– This is the ‘heavy’ question that I tackle this week on the issue of China’s taxi drivers that we love to hate. Click here to read more…
Wearing White to Funerals — Dressing in all white for funerals in China is an ancient [...]
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Someone needs to introduce Senator Barak Obama to Chinese President Hu JinTao just as soon as possible. I am sure the two would get along just fine. After all, if Mr. Obama is elected President of the United States in November, there is much that he can learn from the Communist Party, especially in the [...]
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“I have never heard of Watergate,” a close friend told me a few days ago. “All I know is that Nixon was the first president of America to connect with China. He was a great man.” There are very few Americans from the past 50 years who Chinese people will laud and defend as ardently as former [...]
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Just last week a taxi that I was in made a sharp U-turn right into oncoming traffic and we narrowly avoided being rear ended by a fast approaching white sedan which neither slowed down or changed lanes to avoid collision. Stupid idiot, I thought to myself about my taxi driver who looked neither shaken or sorry that [...]
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