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[NiHaoDaJia]

As an American who has come to China to teach English, I have been surprised by the high levels of social, cultural and economic development. I originally thought that Western countries such as mine were the only developed places in the world, but now I see that China is making tremendous progress, too.

China's culture and history extend 5,000 years and China maintains many customs passed through the generations. Most Chinese people still hold traditional high morals. China never forgets its past and its ancient culture.

However, every coin has two sides, and China is also rapidly modernizing its technology and economy. China can now compete with all major world powers. In terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), the International Monetary Fund now ranks China as the world's largest economy.

I was very amazed by this.

[max71081]

[caleypatrick]

[3701 W.119th]

Superb.

[asiannationmc]

[schwa]

One of the above posters did not survive China. May he rest in peace.

[Volver]

Hey, NiHaoDaJia,

You are a total fraud just like all the other IELTS candidates I examined who used this expression.

Just take your pathetic little d**k and go away.

V

[wangdaning]

I wouldn't be surprised if he was an ex-IELTS examiner with the way he has mastered the expressions and ties them in seemingly without any errors in tense usage.

[claka77]

1 what surprised you most about working in China?

-The differences between southern China and everywhere else; I worked in Guangzhou/Shenzhen and felt comfortable working at a level 3 college and in public schools (except for the heat). When I tried to live in other parts (outside of Chengdu and on the outskirts of Suzhou) I really didn't like it (there was one training centre role but it was probably just feeling more isolated and unprepared).

- No air-con (or even fans) in my classroom in Guangzhou;
- No texts for public schools (I had to create my own or download stuff);
- Relative freedom going out (compared to the nanny state of Australia where I come from) but lack of it online to look at harmless websites which are banned in China (i.e. facebook).
- Stares from locals similar to Korea in Shenzhen (many maybe from outside of Guangdong but it's still quite puzzling as there are many foreigners in Futian, Louhu, Nanshan, etc).
- How locals eat and drink a lot of s**# and still stay thin,lol!
- The 'new' infrastructure that's fragile and cracking (it doesn't surprise me now, a year ago I had a bad fall treading on an unsealed manhole in the dark, I then had to visit a hospital and get one stitch in my shin, I could've easily fell to my death/serious injury if it wasn't for the backpack on my back at the time).

2 what problem did you expect that wasn't there?

Compared to life in Korea (I worked there before coming to China), China always seemed to have an issue that I needed to resolve (mainly in between or after changing jobs and getting the right visa, going to the hospital, traveling or when sending money home). At the same time though in Guangzhou and Shenzhen I had an interesting time (even some of the poorer students were streets ahead of students I taught in Korea, the better students were awesome).