Learning English in China used to be important. English was once a valuable commodity in China that few people had the chance to obtain.  Those who could communicate in English found themselves facing a much brighter future in China including the prospect of traveling abroad and finding a job related to the international community that would be [...]

Robert Vance here. The last six months have seen TeachAbroadChina.com grow and flourish as more and more people visit our website for information and news about China. Everywhere I look, people are quoting articles and commenting on other blogs about the discussions that take place here. I am very proud of the work that we [...]

Dear Jean, Next week I am leaving for China. I signed a year contract back in July so I have had plenty of time to prepare for my big journey. I think that I have everything in order but there is something that has been nagging me lately. Maybe it’s because I saw the movie Babel [...]

We here at TeachAbroadChina.com are hearing that the Chinese government has begun to ease its restrictions on visas now that the Olympics and Paralympics are well behind us. While we have had a few foreigners verify this, we need to hear from more foreigners. Have you had any success recently obtaining a Chinese visa for [...]

The Chinese church that I visited this morning stuck out like a sore thumb amidst a bustling marketplace. It was a large four-story building, almost completely pink in color, and the golden cross on top could be seen throughout the area. A woman who appeared to be in her mid-fifties greeted us (myself and some friends) and [...]

The Weekly China Roundup from TeachAbroadChina.com National Day in China is not all about Chairman Mao and his comrades — This week, China celebrated its 59th birthday but for many in China, October 1st is just another day. I write about what National Day means to Chinese people in Sino News this week. Click here for [...]

Today is National Day in China. On this day, 59 years ago, Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China founded the People’s Republic of China with a ceremony at Tiananmen Square. For most Chinese people, however, this day is not about Chairman Mao nor is it about the triumph of the Communist Party. Today [...]

Dear Jean, My husband and I are mature-aged (58 and 60 this year), and both of us are thinking of going over to China next year. We would like to teach conversational English, after my husband finishes his degree in Naturopathy and Complimentary Medicine. I finished my degree a couple of years ago, in Mass Communication, majoring in [...]

I was not happy as I watched a tube of gel, a glass container of cologne, and a bottle of shampoo that belonged to me get unceremoniously dumped into a trashcan as I passed through security recently at a Chinese airport. I guess I should have known better. It was just that I had flown [...]

The Weekly China Roundup from TeachAbroadChina.com The good kind of communism still exists in China — This week, I write about the communism in China which exists at a societal level. It is communism at its best. Click here for more… They threw my gel away — A friend of mine got all of her cosmetics through [...]