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Pick the nearest location listed to your working city |
Shanghai - Suzhou - Nanjing (Jiangsu only) |
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24% |
[ 22 ] |
Beijing, Tianjin (or nearby) |
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9% |
[ 9 ] |
Xiamen, Huangzhou ( Fujian, Zhejiang ) |
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9% |
[ 9 ] |
Shenzhen and Guangdong only |
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9% |
[ 9 ] |
Sichuan, Hainan, Yunnan |
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4% |
[ 4 ] |
NORTHWEST CHINA (Hohhot, Qinghai, Gansu) |
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4% |
[ 4 ] |
NORTHEAST CHINA (Harbin, Dalian) |
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6% |
[ 6 ] |
CENTRAL CHINA (Wuhan, Xian) |
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9% |
[ 9 ] |
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST CHINA (GX, GZ, HN, JX) |
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9% |
[ 9 ] |
None/Other/Not Living in China |
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10% |
[ 10 ] |
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Total Votes : 91 |
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GeminiTiger
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 999 Location: China, 2005--Present
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:57 am Post subject: Where do you work? (near) |
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I thought it would be interesting to find out where everyone is..
I think it would also be interesting to have an ESL convention in China for Dave's posters, or not.
Either way the data will be interesting, sorry if I missed a major location that should have been included as a separate region.
Comments welcome especially about the choices offered, I tried my best to arrange them by region but also somewhat by what I perceive to be the lifestyle offered. Trying to organize China into workable regions for a poll was a lot tougher than I'd imagined. |
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7969
Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 5782 Location: Coastal Guangdong
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:10 am Post subject: |
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ESL convention? I'll unpack my tazer for that one . . .
I've met nine people from this forum over the years, worked with three of them. All good people. Only two of them still in China and only one in ESL. |
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GeminiTiger
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 999 Location: China, 2005--Present
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Well i think it might be fun to have a meet preferably somewhere that has western booze and food, Suzhou would be a good location i think. |
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kungfuman
Joined: 31 May 2012 Posts: 1749 Location: In My Own Private Idaho
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:14 am Post subject: |
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GeminiTiger wrote: |
Well i think it might be fun to have a meet preferably somewhere that has western booze and food, Suzhou would be a good location i think. |
Hey I got nothing to do. What's the plan? I'm waiting for my new visa before I take a vacation.
Drunken Clam? Bookworm? |
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Kiwi303
Joined: 20 Nov 2010 Posts: 165 Location: Chong Qing Jiao Tong Da Xue, Xue Fu Da Dao, Nan An Qu, Chong Qing Shi, P. R China
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know why you have Sichuan, bordering Tibet, aligned with Hainan island, floating in the south china sea/Gulf of Tonkin...
I'm in Chongqing, I was going to go the sichuan option, then I noticed it also had Yunnan and Hainan... Central is a better fit, despite Xian being more northerly than central to my mind.
China does not section very neatly |
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GeminiTiger
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 999 Location: China, 2005--Present
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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Kiwi303 wrote: |
I don't know why you have Sichuan, bordering Tibet, aligned with Hainan island, floating in the south china sea/Gulf of Tonkin...
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It's a fair question and my only answer is that I perceive these 3 provinces (Sichuan, Yunnan and Hainan) to be a kind of back country tourist-leisure zones with reasonably low pay. A lot of foreigners go here for travel, few get a chance to work here. (With 32 respondents zero have selected this region). |
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The Edge
Joined: 04 Sep 2010 Posts: 455 Location: China
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:58 am Post subject: |
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There are a couple of posters on here that work in Hainan.
They have probaby not voted because they are not on here that much.
I think John Partee is a Hainan man.
Can't remember the other dude. |
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wangdaning
Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 3154
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Sichuan and Yunnan are definitely SW China and GD is definitely SE China. Guangdong/xi seem like the east/west split in the south. Lots of people work in Sichuan, and the pay is not that bad. I will vote now, so we have one for Sichuan. |
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GeminiTiger
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 999 Location: China, 2005--Present
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:40 am Post subject: |
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wangdaning wrote: |
Sichuan and Yunnan are definitely SW China and GD is definitely SE China. Guangdong/xi seem like the east/west split in the south. Lots of people work in Sichuan, and the pay is not that bad. I will vote now, so we have one for Sichuan. |
While GD is definitely SE China, I think it would have enough differences in itself to qualify for it's own region and I expected a lot more votes for what I assume to be a heavily populated area with FTs. |
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GeminiTiger
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 999 Location: China, 2005--Present
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:53 am Post subject: |
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School is starting again. I'm hoping to get about 100 votes for this poll for personal research as such I'm bumping this thread to page 1 now that Fall term is more or less officially here. |
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twilothunder
Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 442
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johntpartee
Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 8:24 am Post subject: |
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I think John Partee is a Hainan man |
Never been there (would like to go; supposed to be a paradise). Henan and Hubei in the last five years. |
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rattie
Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 97 Location: Anhui
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:39 am Post subject: |
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In Anhui, about an hour from Nanjing, so didn't vote...my province didn't rate amention |
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wangdaning
Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 3154
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:35 am Post subject: |
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GeminiTiger wrote: |
While GD is definitely SE China, I think it would have enough differences in itself to qualify for it's own region and I expected a lot more votes for what I assume to be a heavily populated area with FTs. |
I wouldn't agree with that anymore than for any other Chinese province. What are the differences that qualify it for its own region?
Not trying to argue, just curious. |
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johntpartee
Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:53 am Post subject: |
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In Anhui, about an hour from Nanjing |
That could be construed as "central"; don't want you to feel left out. |
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