The True Cost of Living in China
The cost of living in China can vary depending on where you live. If you live in either Shanghai or [...]
How Did Moving to China Impact my Future? What’s Next?
By Jessie, teacher on our Private School Teaching Program in Fuzhou, 2017-onwards Often times both before and during my trip [...]
Reviewing Chinese Literature: The Good Earth, Pearl Buck
By Sean Harris, Long-term Private School Teacher 2020 Private School Teacher Sean has been preparing for his teaching placement by [...]
Staying Busy in Xiamen
Eight weeks ago to the day, I arrived in Xiamen. That said, it has absolutely flown by. I have been [...]
Why Do the Chinese Give Apples Around Christmas?
Christmas is not typically celebrated in China, since only a small percentage of the population are Christians. That said, no [...]
My Tips for Travelling During Golden Week
By Shawn Wright, Teacher in Nanjing 2019 – 2020 Around 1 month into the school year there is a 1-week [...]
Chinese National Holidays (aka days off)
The Chinese workplace is notorious for offering workers an astonishingly low number of annual leave days. Fortunately, this isn’t the [...]
How to Deal with Cultural Differences in China
By Erin Nyland, teacher in Shanghai 2018-19 Although moving to another country is fun, exciting and exhilarating, the lifestyle transformation [...]
Why Going to the Gym was the Best Thing I did in China
By Erin Nyland, teacher in Shanghai 2018-19 They say everything happens for a reason: everything you do in life will [...]
Going Crazy Over Rubbish: Shanghai’s New Waste Rules
Rubbish. That’s the word on everyone’s lips at the moment in Shanghai, where a new waste management scheme has been [...]
What Is Dragon Boat Festival?
Dragon Boat Festival, known in Chinese as 端(duān)午(wǔ)节(jié) is a traditional holiday that happens yearly to commemorate the life and [...]
5 Best Weekend Trips from Shanghai
The spring is well and truly upon us here in Shanghai, and it’s got us in the holiday mood. The [...]