To work at a langauge school in China which can offer a work visa you need to be a native speaker, have a degree, a TEFL-type qualification and some teaching experience. If you have all these, you can simply apply for a job. If not, then you won't be able to work in legitimate school and therefore no work visa.
...half price promotion, you say? Might just take the risk...
...except that it's a problem encountered daily.
Bad habits are not the same as cultural practices. There are surely some which should be discouraged. Those that are generally disliked by the very people who feel under pressure to participate would be one. If smoking is truly a Chinese cultural activity, why are the authorities actively trying to limit it (albeit lazily). This "cultural habit" kills millions every year. What about other "Chinese habits"? Is spitting a cultural activity we should respect? Or anti-Japanese rhetoric? Or kids pooing in the street? Or internet censorship? There is surely a line to be drawn between being culturally sensitive and pointing out universally unacceptable behaviour, whoever it is doing it. I would argue that smoking in public places (under No Smokng signs, no less!) is a fair example of crossing that line.
BTW my previous post here should have read "people I SPOKE to, not people I SMOKE to"!!
But most Chinese people I smoke to (especially the women) also hate smoking. They often just see it as a necessary evil to get on in social and work situations, as it was 50+ years ago in western culture.
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Ocean
This place is now closed.
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Price is now 100RMB for adults, 70RMB for children.
Some of the animal areas are as far as 10+km from the entrance - you can buy a hop on/off bus ticket for 60RMB per person, but there are also clearly marked walkways for those who are full of energy.
Everything inside is pretty expensive - consider bringing a picnic.
Many of the animals are in large outdoor enclosures. Some are caged. The park calls itself a safari, but this is not a "drive your car amongst the animals" thing. It's more like a decent western zoo.
There are places to handle/be photographed with animals, for a fee. Also, some kids amusements.
The animal show is free, but a waste of time (unless you love watching goats, sheep, pigs, horses etc!!).
Good labelling i English thorughout.
Ocean
Still worth a visit, especially for the arhat statues. The 11am vegetarian lunch is basic, but still only 10RMB. Free entry.
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Prague cafe used to be my favourite cafe in Wenlin area but I went for lunch there today after a few months away and it's really gone downhill (new owners?). The menu was a photocopy, the food was lacklustre and much more expensive than before, the decor was dull and the service so-so. I won't be back there anytime soon.
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It's open! And it's free. And its terrific for kids.
The museum is surprisingly interactive (although only 2/3 of the attractions are working) and modern (VR, simulators, touchscreens, etc). Sadly, no English on any of the displays but the fun is in trying to work out how the exhibits work and what they are supposed to be showing. Well worth a visit.
Kunming battling Chinglish
发布者Half of me screams in pain at the sight of Kunming Chinglish, the other half revels in every godawful example. Oh, the quandary! Thankfully this will be simply be "Gvt Initiative #83" which comes to absolutely nothing.
Eating bugs for health and environment
发布者I've tried most of these in the past. Edible? Yes. Tasty? No, not in my experience, unless smothered in other herbs or sauces. I'm surprised the cicadas in the article were eaten with wings and legs attached. I've only ever seen them eaten wingless (...and only eaten them when legless!).
Interview and Giveaway: Philco Fiction
发布者Did anyone go? How was it?
Detailed Kunming metro plans finally unveiled
发布者You're right, of course. As an English teacher I hang my head in shame!
Detailed Kunming metro plans finally unveiled
发布者Surely "it's days" is right, Dan?
..... The days belonging to it (the railway) are numbered....??