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expatben
Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 214
Location: UK...soon Canada though
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 Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 6:36 am Post subject: Japan vs China |
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| A friend of mine is considering either Japan or China and is not sure which to teach in. |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 4672
Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 6:52 am Post subject: Re: Japan vs China |
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| expatben wrote: |
| A friend of mine is considering either Japan or China and is not sure which to teach in. |
Tell him to flip a coin. Obviously people on a Japan forum will choose Japan and people in a China forum choose China.
You want us to make up his mind for him?
A couple of questions about your poll questions:
1. What "things" are you talking about? Standard of living? salaries? jobs?
2. We teach a foreign language. English here is EFL.
3. Are things better than what? Than in China? Than in the UK? |
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Mark
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Posts: 500
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| A problem might be that very few people have lived and worked in both Japan and China. You might be better off asking specific questions about Japan here and about China in the China forum. Or better yet, tell your friend to spend a few days reading through all the old posts. That might give them a good idea of how things stand. |
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matador
Joined: 07 Mar 2003
Posts: 281
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| I have taught business English in both Shanghai and Tokyo. PM me if you have any specific questions... |
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goman72
Joined: 11 Aug 2004
Posts: 61
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia.
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Matador, your experience in China and Japan have been in large cities (Shanghai and Tokyo) therefore when making a recommendation to someone, make sure they understand that you don't "represent" other areas outside those cities. Shanghai is very different from the rest of China and therefore does not constitute IMHO a fair reflection of what "true" China is like.
Anyway, all the best.
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Travel Zen
Joined: 02 Sep 2004
Posts: 634
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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China is a rough place, regardless. I've been to both places, but haven't taught in any.
The living conditions in China are much rougher than Japan (so are the people).
My opinion. |
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