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Francis-Pax
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 Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:57 am Post subject: Korea to China |
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Hello everyone! I am moving to China this August after teaching in Korea for five years.
Has anyone here taught at a university in China. I am going to be teaching at a very good uni in Beijing. Just wondering if anyone with real experience over there has any insight about the transition. |
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dporter
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
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I lived and taught in Shanghai for almost 2 years.
China is dirty. The people do cough and spit everywhere however they are friendly and helpful.
In general, the Chinese view themselves as the center of the world and as such their worldview is the only correct one. Tibet has always been part of China and Taiwan is a renegade province.
In day to day living you have to deal with outages to international news channels like the BBC, especially during critical gov't or national happenings. Google, hotmail, BBC News, Blogger, etc are often blocked. There is a strong anti-Japanese sentiment in China that may affect someone who views history with open eyes.
10,000 RMB plus housing is way above average and you should be able to live well above middle class.
For me, I'll never go back to China. While it was a good experience the day to day grind of living in a strongly censored society got the better of me. |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: Korea to China |
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| Francis-Pax wrote: |
Hello everyone! I am moving to China this August after teaching in Korea for five years.
Has anyone here taught at a university in China. I am going to be teaching at a very good uni in Beijing. Just wondering if anyone with real experience over there has any insight about the transition. |
I hope if it is a good uni they are paying you at least 8000 rmb. Chinese unis are on a cheap spree at the moment. Low salaries of 4000 are common and are not enough to live on in Beijing. |
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