Thinking of teaching English in China?I wasn't either!Regardless, not only did life take me there, but also my expected one-year teaching stint turned into a nearly decade-long stay, for reasons which all lie within this book. Whether you're planning to teach, do business with, make friends with or marry a Chinese person, this book gives useful insights into their language, culture, cities, customs, food, education system and business practices.
Why? Because I knew NOTHING about them before going - therefore, you learn it all with me, as I did, discovery by discovery. Thirteen years in the making, and very personally written, this is an average Australian's reaction to street-level life in contemporary China - the good and the bad, the beautiful and the not-so-beautiful, the euphoric and the what-the-hell-was-that, all laced with a somewhat absurdist sense of humour.
ISBN 9780646804521362 pages
Thinking of teaching English in China?I wasn't either!Regardless, not only did life take me there, but also my expected one-year teaching stint turned into a nearly decade-long stay, for reasons which all lie within this book. Whether you're planning to teach, do business with, make friends with or marry a Chinese person, this book gives useful insights into their language, culture, cities, customs, food, education system and business practices.
Why? Because I knew NOTHING about them before going - therefore, you learn it all with me, as I did, discovery by discovery. Thirteen years in the making, and very personally written, this is an average Australian's reaction to street-level life in contemporary China - the good and the bad, the beautiful and the not-so-beautiful, the euphoric and the what-the-hell-was-that, all laced with a somewhat absurdist sense of humour.
ISBN 9780646804521362 pages