Well, it’s been a sum total of three days in the Chinese education system, and my patience is pretty thin.  Apparently, I am not alone. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it’s completely normal (in Chinese universities) to conduct classes teaching Chinese to non-Chinese speaking people (i.e. foreigners) almost exclusively in Mandarin, but it really […]

We’re probably all somewhat familiar with “Engrlish”, that crazy mistranslation of English in Asian countries.  What you may not be prepared for is the reality of integrating into a non-English speaking country.  It’s not necessarily as you might expect. What you tend to find here in China is one of two things: – people don’t […]