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First Month at your New English School – Insights and Advice
Be prepared. Know what to expect from your school and China 
Being shown around by your new Chinese colleague.
Often a Chinese employee of the school will be in charge of helping you find your feet in the city in terms of using the ...
This visa news comes from the most unusual of website, the Australian ninemsn.com web portal. Basically, you cant get a business visa (read: a visa for 3 months in China) until ...
The unanswerable question: what would you do if an earthquake struck while teaching a class?
One unfortunate Chinese teacher was put through this dilemma in the recent Sichuan Quake 
On 12 May, Fan Meizhong was teaching literature to a class of high school students in Sichuan when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit. He shouted, "Earthquake!" and then was first ...
MKC is always trying to give you a better service, and one frequent comment I always get is that forums should be more interesting. Well, we've added new topics, such as ...
Kids vs. adults teaching dilemma
MKC provides you with some insights to help you make this difficult decision 
I've always been told this: "I only want to teach Adults. I cant teach Kids". While I understand this sentiment, and the idea of teaching a class of cute 18 year old ...
This probably could be the start of a joke. There were a group of expats at a party, An Englishman, an American, a Chinaman and an Aussie. Each asked what they did for a living. ...
Alphabet Shout OutRandomly choose an alphabet flashcard and award a point to the first student who shouts out a word beginning with that letter. Alphabet Writing RelayDivide and ...
Adverb Action: The teacher writes on the board an activity like "brush your teeth" or "wash the dishes".
The teacher then picks one student, who comes to ...
Apologies to MyKindaChina Users
Site down for 3 harrowing days; up again at last; management vows it will not happen again 
It all began on Sunday morning when we, the site owners/managers, discovered MyKindaChina.com wouldn't open. We assumed it was a technical glitch, and seeing as our techie ...
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A terrorist plot for Shanghai was thwarted yesterday after authorities caught and arrested members of a terrorist cell who planned to launch an attack on Shanghai stadium. While ...
Whats the price of truth? And the price of your childs life?
Parents of children crushed in Sichuan Quake get $8,800 for their silence 
HANWANG, China (Chinaelections.com) — The official came for Yu Tingyun in his village one evening last week. He asked Mr. Yu to get into his car. He was clutching the ...
We at MKC never liked the 5 Beijing Olympics Mascots
Now 40% of Chinese share our view, and even their creator wants to disown them 
Wall Street Journal - If the Beijing Olympics' five cuddly mascots go down in history as a dud, their creator wants no part of the blame.
After China's Olympics organizers gave ...
Dashan is Chinas most famous foreigner. Loved by Chinese, thought as a bit of a tool by foreigners. Dashan has an important place in China.But who is Dashan? If modern fame is ...
Most students I know in Shanghai are generally just interested in girls, beer and girls. And occassionally some study.Kidnapping and blackmail usually doesnt rate up there, but ...
Public protests and discontent on the rise in China
In the latest incident, Police kill two in China after 400 protesters attack officers in Yunnan 
Chinese police killed two people in a clash with local residents in the south-western province of Yunnan, according to official media, in the latest of several mass ...
Finally some blockbuster movies are about to grace our Chinese movie screens! Hancock (Till August 2nd) is one of the best blockbuster movies in a long long time. Forget the ...
A bomb blast has hit Kunming yesterday morning, less than a month before the Olympics. While the culprits remain a mystery, news coming out of Kunming has been very vague (the ...
Beijing is beginning to experience clean air days juts in time for the Olympics. But its not without problems. Corruption, controversy and more are still involved. Yep, its ...
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Rarely do you find an eatery, which even falls into the same league as this. When you do, you tell all your friends about it and go back time and again for more delicious food ...
Reviews of Bookstores in Shanghai
Awesome website for reading enthusiasts. Order any book and receive it in Shanghai 
Save time and your legs by visiting Shanghai Book Traders (www.sbt.com.cn/En) before you head out to search for your books. This site is affiliated with all of ...
70RMB all-you-can-eat. Not just the vegetables, meat too! If you are a foreigner living in Shanghai and haven’t been to one of these all you can eat meat places then I suggest ...
Route 66 is, you guessed it, an American restaurant. In Shanghai at least, it is definitely one of those Western restaurants that only Chinese people seem to visit. BAAA! BAAA! ...
Fast Food: Subway Outlet Locations in Shanghai
Before they were hard to find. Now we tell you where they ALL are... 
Finding Subways in Shanghai poses quite a challenge to the sandwich-keen expat new in Shanghai. We give you the addresses below. Enjoy... Pu Xi Ramada Plaza Store: Across ...
Beijing inaugurates Airport Express train
Also opens three new subway lines just in time for Olympics 
Passengers wait to board the new Airport Express train at the subway station in Beijing Capital International Airport in China's capital July 19, 2008. Beijing opened three new ...
The Shelter - August Line Up
A Sneek Peek at what the best Alternative music club in Shanghai has got lined up for us next month 
Friday 1st August – The Shelter Foundation 20RMB Entry – All proceeds go to charityOnce a month The Shelter will host ‘The Shelter Foundation’. Representatives from each ...
MyKindaChina Private Investigator and Advice Services
Find out the credibility of your school and desirability of your accommodation 
MyKindaChina offers services such as Providing expert advice on your teaching company and location Talking to and interviewing teachers who work at your school Checking out ...
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Greedy Industrialists Responsible For Oil Crisis And Global Recession
Read why we are not already driving cheaper, cleaner electric cars 
I have an engineer friend from the UK whose firm has been hired by the South African government to help design a 100% electric vehicle. They are hoping to unveil their new ...
Chinese property market worst since 2005, stock market down 50%
But expert urges calm, says its just part of the normal business cycle 
THE Chinese government should not intervene in the stock and property markets which are experiencing corrections and officials should focus on tackling inflation, according to a ...
Have the inflation-fighting policies sufffocated the economy?
Appears that economy may have slowed way too far 
BEIJING, July 16 (Reuters) - China pledged on Wednesday to maintain its tight monetary policy for the rest of the year but softened key wording in describing its fight against ...
Chinese stock markets seem to be following international trends at last
Which sadly means down, down, down... 
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shen Liming, a Shanghai retail investor who has put tens of thousands of dollars into China's stock market, has chosen to cut his holdings in the past ...
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - China's economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a study released Tuesday by a US research ...
Taiwan to relax China investment restrictions
High-tech Taiwan companies can now invest on the Mainland, and Chinese companies can invest in Taiwa 
TAIPEI, July 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan plans to relax restrictions to allow more investment between itself and China, in its latest effort to warm trade ties with its largest trading ...
Weak global demand threatens exporters
Some Chinese manufacturers closing down, others moving further inland 
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cliff Sun is hurting.
The 54-year-old chief executive of Kin Hip Metal Plastics had spent much of the past year grappling with rising labor and material ...
US imports practically everything from China, but finally draws the line
Now only US-made American flags may be sold in Minnesota 
(STARTRIBUNE.COM) - That American flag you’re buying in Minnesota for this July 4th will be more than 13 stripes and 50 stars. It will be made in the U.S.ARetailers say they ...
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Fantastic and Cool Gift Ideas
Find cool presents for boys, girls, moms, dads, girlfriends and boyfriends all at just one website 
www.firebox.com is a fantastic website if you are stuck for gift ideas.
The site offers all kinds of nifty gadgets at a reasonable cost. Furthermore, you can get the goods ...
Beijing authorities to allow protests during Olympics
But only in 3 outlying parks, after getting prior government permission 
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month's Olympics, a security official said Wednesday, in a sign China's authoritarian ...
Is the Great Wall visible from the Moon, from Space, from Both, or from Neither?
An exercise in Trivial Pursuit and Putting urban legends to the test 
A Ripley's Believe It Or Not cartoon from May 1932 claimed that the wall is "the mightiest work of man, the only one that would be visible to the human eye from the moon," and ...
So you love China and have decided to settle down in China. And now you want to buy a house. Well, its a rewarding experience but is also a daunting one, and (from someone who ...
Me: How much for the DVD?Vendor: Y7.Me: Y7? I'll give you Y5.Vendor: 6.Me: 5.Vendor: Are you Korean? (I get this a lot.)Me: Me? No. My parents are Chinese.Vendor: ...
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Welcome to mochinamochina.com - the best resource on the ...
Living in China we are always more limited when it comes to finding good English books/novels than we are in our home countries. This is not to say that there aren't any good ...
China has fastest-growing obesity rate in the world
one quarter of Chinese urban youth is overweight 
During the Great Leap Forward it's estimated that 36 million people died of starvation in China, with the rest surviving on grass, dirt and acorns.
Now, 25 years after ...
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Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese version of Reuters, clearly thinks the truth can be bent, at least when it comes to photos.
Look carefully at the above picture, taken during ...
China announces pre-Olympic ban on toy guns
Crackdown to focus on production, sale and trafficking of imitation weapons 
Xinhua news agency reports:
Chinese police wage one-month war on emulational guns
Chinese police have launched a one-month crackdown on the production, sale and trafficking ...
Biggest, Smallest, Tallest, Shortest, Longest and Fastest
Guinness Book of Records very busy in China 
Due to the record-breaking number of records China is breaking, China has been given its own Guinness Book of Records office in Liaoning in the northeastern city of Shenyang. ...
If you've spent any time in Shanghai (a day or two will suffice) then you'll know what we're talking about here. On random streets all over the city, at any of time ...
In Part 1 of F...ing weird Chinese fashion we featured the bizarre phenomenon of Pyjama Parading. Now we bring you Lovers Suits and Family Suits. Since a picture ...
Farmer in South China makes fake photo of rare tiger
Photo gets authenticated by local "scientists" hoping to cash in on tourist dollars 
The Shanxi provincial government finally acknowledged at a press conference last Sunday that Zhou Zhenglong, who was believed to have photographed a rarely-seen South China ...
Some classics:
The Ethnic Minorities Park is named “Racist Park.”
On a cruise on the Yangtse River, “Don’t Bother” instead of “Do not Disturb” on the cabin ...
More great Chinglish signs
No reading while looking, no looking while laughing, no laughing while reading 
This first one is a real conundrum. When the hell are you supposed to sightsee?
And the one below is a classic too. You've got to give it to the creator: ...
Beijing Olympics rule only allows car owners to drive on alternate days
But ever-practical Beijingers come up with unique way to get around the new law 
Beijing hopes to slash vehicle emissions, a big contributor to pollution, by 63% by taking almost half the city's 3.3 million cars off the roads for two months, starting from ...
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Check out these stunnings photos of Southern China. They'll make your mouth water for a summer holiday down to Guangxi Province's Guilin and Yangshuo. If you ...
Travellers: expect to pay much more for hotels in the coming months
Even if you are nowhere near Beijing 
Anyone who has spent any time travelling in China knows about the arcane law preventing foreigners from staying in any hotel of their choosing. Theoretically we are only ...
We're probably guilty at one time or another of making an about-turn. Call it a change of heart, a 180-degree change, or a U-turn.
monument to naxi ferryman helping the red ...
Although it would have been good to say we over landed from the south of Thailand to Europe, we realised that we were running out of time and flying was the way to ...
i've been in china for 5 days now...and already i can't quite remember when i wasn't here. i guess that it's not too unusual for such an absorbing experience to bring about that ...
How to make the most of travelling: do something unique and write about it
A new book documents two foreigners following the footsteps of the Long March 
Exactly 68 years after Red Army soldiers began the famous Long March, two young Brits embarked upon the same journey, tracing the steps of the Red Army. They started in rainy ...
Thanks to Olympics, it may be a better time than ever to visit Yunnan
Beautiful towns of Dali and Lijiang report large drop in tourism due to visa crackdown 
As China prepares for the Beijing Olympics on August 8, it is becoming obvious in cities from Beijing and Shanghai to Dali and Lijiang and elsewhere around the country that ...
5 days on a train! Everyone should do it! Being on the trans-siberian is strangely similar to the time you spend at uni. You arrive all exited, a few butterflys in the ...
The day starts at 5:30 with a gong. I don't have to get up just yet. The melodic chanting, almost singing of a monk, gently brings me out of my dreams. After 9 months of travel ...
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