Preparing the Board
As you can see in the picture, but to make it easier:
Replace the monkey in an airplane with a picture of a flying monkey.
For the dancing section, ...
Before you set off
If offered airprt pick up, take it! It will probably save you a lot of trouble and stress. There wil be plenty of time for adventures later
Getting off the ...
The main struggle with teaching adults is trying to get them to talk. If you are sick of just getting 'yes/no' replies then its time to make them talk! Debates are a great way ...
MyKindaChina.com is proud to introduce our lawyer Charlie Shen.
Charlie handles legal issues for teachers/expats in Shanghai & overseas companies. He also deals with legal ...
Game: Armies
Preparation:
Draw a grid 3 squares high by 4 squares wide. Draw 6 red soldiers and 6 green soldiers exactly as shown in the picture.
Prepare a sticky ball ...
I stumbled on this last week when I was racking my brains about how to get something out of my students. Its an excellent exercise but what I did was just get students to write ...
Game: Bombers
Preparation:
Draw 2 castles (a red and a green) on the board. Each castle is exactly 5 blocks in width (the height isn’t important). Write ...
Teaching adults should be a breeze. The idea of leaving the world of screaming kids sounds great, but its not until you have taught picky, demanding, boring and outright rude ...
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We know that the biggest months for teachers coming to China are August and September, so you need any advantage over the 1000's of teachers coming to China in this time.So, ...
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My best friend in Shanghai has satellite TV. Now, back home I would normally not watch TV and anything I would (Family Guy, Simpsons, The Office etc) is easy to get on ...
China Visa situation rumored to get more relaxed after the October holiday
Apparently it will once again be possible to apply for 1-yr multi-entry business visas
(China Briefing) - Sources close to China’s Public Security Bureau have (said) that China will relax its current strict visa issuance policies for business visas following ...
According to the newspaper The New Express, the "sexiest" male athlete is Rafael Nadal Parera, the 22-year-old Spanish tennis champion. His female counterpart is Paraguay's ...
As an Aussie would tell you, pies are a way of life. From the humble meat, to the meat and potato to the gourmet Thai/curry/herb pies that keep coming up, the Pie is king! ...
(www.sportsnet.ca)
"BEIJING -- A Cuban taekwondo athlete attacked a judge, throwing punches and kicks, after being declared the loser Saturday in his bronze-medal match.He was ...
For the duration of The Olympics (and maybe a little while longer), you will be required to show your passport at internet bars throughout China While some will let you ...
17 golds for China vs 10 for the US: a sign of things to come?
China no longer the "sick man of Asia" 
BEIJING (Reuters) - A haul of Olympic gold by China and other Asian nations shows their growing strength in and out of the sports arena, and Western powers should prepare for ...
Crazy English is a very famous method of learning English in China, in which learners are encouraged to "lose their inhibitions" and yell English sentences as load as possible ...
Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy head on a "Journey to the East" for BBC Sport this summer.
This animated sequence, based on the classical Chinese novel, "Journey to the West", has ...
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Date
15th October 2008
Venue
Guangzhou Gymnasium
NO.783 South,Baiyun Main Road,Guangzhou City
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Take Route ...
Music For Relief will be the first co-headliner rock concerts in China, organized to raise international and domestic awareness of the needs of the post-earthquake Sichuan area ...
Music For Relief will be the first co-headliner rock concerts in China, organized to raise international and domestic awareness of the needs of the post-earthquake Sichuan area ...
The rumours are true, Attica is closing.
According to Attica's CEO Neil Hardwick,
Yes, we are selling Attica in Shanghai. This weekend everyone's last chance to enjoy Attica ...
"Our Pies are available across Shanghai in deli's, cafes, quality pubs, restaurants & international schools. They are also available for home delivery across ...
What They Say
"Street Jazz is a new hybrid dance: jazz essentials combined with raw hip hop. This dynamic style requires both energy and grace for all the turns, jumps and ...
"This jazz festival, great as it’s going to be, won’t actually feature so much jazz as it does other kinds of music. But that’s the beauty of a good outdoor music ...
Show Description
"Avril Lavigne returns with her first full-production China tour featuring sophisticated stage and more hit songs premiere including China premiere of ...
City: ShanghaiVenue: Yun Feng TheatreShowtime: 2008-09-06 20:00 Price: 480-1280 RMB Ticket Hotline: 400-620-6006
Show Description
"WORLD-CLASS JAZZ SUPERSTARS UNITE FOR ...
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As Chinese stocks continue to crash, can we expect any assistance from the government?
There may not be any bailouts, but it seems we can certainly count on censorship
(South China Morning Post) - fears of social disunity have led the Communist Party's Publicity Department (rather than the securities regulator) to verbally inform major ...
China Property Prices In Decline For First Time Ever
Is the bubble popping, or does the government have a trick up its sleave to stave off disaster? 
(Shanghai Daily) - PROPERTY prices in 70 major Chinese mainland cities recorded the first month-on-month decline in August since the country started compiling the gauge in July ...
As Chinese stocks hit fresh lows, traders are turning to the Olympics
Chinese money traders betting on 40 to 42 golds 
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Olympics fever has spread to China's interbank money market, where traders are betting on the host country to take between 40 and 42 gold medals in this ...
It may actually be easier for foreigners to open a business in China than for locals
Read the diary kept by two entrepeneurs trying to get started 
Foreigners living in China often like to think that "if only they were Chinese" then they wouldn't hesitate to start that business they've always dreamt of.
Well, two ...
Beijing economy only comprises 2.5% of Chinese GDP
Conclusion: Olympics aint gonna have much impact on the Chinese economy either way 
Beijing (Thomascrampton.com) - What we’ve done is to take the host cities for every summer Olympics, beginning with Munich in 1972 and ending with London in 2012, and show the ...
Historically, economies experience a marked slowdown after hosting an Olympics
Can China buck this trend? 
HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- Once the gold medals leave Beijing, will China's economy remain gilded?
If history has anything to say about it, the answer is -- no.
The seven-year ...
New anti-monopoly law to govern Chinese auto industry
Prices of new vehicles expected to fall amid fierce price competition 
(Shanghai Daily) - CAR buyers are likely to be the big winners after new Chinese anti-monopoly laws took effect at the beginning of this month."Dealers will have a bigger say on ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing's Olympics will be far and away the most expensive ever, but the bill of about $40 billion is mere pocket change for the roaring Chinese economy. ...
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Its highly ironic that in the worlds largest tea drinking country, coffee is the fastest growing drink. From overworked white collar workers to nerdy tech heads working their ...
Chinesepod Says
“ChinesePod is the best way to learn Chinese. Period.
Don't believe us? Ask our 200,000+ registered users, or the 300,000 people who come to ChinesePod every ...
Mosquitoes and Cockroaches can quite frankly be a pain in the a**. The good news is that there are ways to get rid of them or at the very least control them. We give you an ...
Worry no more about haircut disasters in China. Simply print off this cheat sheet, take it along with you, and you will be able to explain in Chinese exactly how you want your ...
A Chinese - English and English - Chinese dictionary for mobile phones. Search in English, pinyin, traditional or simplified Chinese characters.To share this with friends, click ...
How to work washing machines in China. A comprehensive guide.
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Buttons
洗涤 [xǐdí] - Wash
漂洗 (piǎoxǐ) ...
How to work air conditioners in China. A comprehensive guide.
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一键爽 On (Often the green or white button)
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Sherpas. Delivers to areas within Shanghai and Suzhou. Soon to cover Hangzhou and Nanjing too
Delivering 176 of Chinas best restaurants to your door 
Sherpa's is a website that every expat should know about. If you aren't in the mood to head out to a restaurant then why not get your favourite restaurant's food delivered ...
For the duration of The Olympics (and maybe a little while longer), you will be required to show your passport at internet bars throughout China While some will let you off, ...
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I watched Gremlins last night for the first time in decades and it stuck me that those evil Gremlins look strikingly similar to Hello Kitty's. You can see the resemblance below. ...
The Unicorn, was one of the favorite motifs in Chinese art for many hundreds of years. But obviously not portrait art as unicorns clearly do not exist right? - Wrong. Read on... ...
Mr Woo is a Chinese farmer whose passion in life is buiding robots. Considering he has had no formal education the feats that he has accomplished with his robots are truly both ...
You couldn't make this stuff up. I know the Chinese are partial to the odd nap in the most random of places (and good for them too!). But in the middle of the ...
Check out this hilarious video. Listen to Dwight's suggestions for new Olympic sports!To share this with friends, click here:
If you have any interesting info on ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -Thought the tender song "You and Me" at the opening of the Beijing Olympics was about peace and friendship? More like rising oil and food prices, some Chinese ...
What on earth was the Spanish Olympic Basketball team thinking?
Insensitive, stupid, or racist - take your pick 
Spain's Olympic basketball teams have risked upsetting their Chinese hosts by posing for a pre-Games advert making slit-eyed gestures. The advert for a courier company, which is ...
Not much summer love floating around for the Olympic athletes
Beijing Games in sharp contrast to Athens, where extra condoms had to be flown in 
BEIJING (Reuters) - Famed for being a hotbed of hormones where brawny boxers can barely wait until the post Games party to hook up with leggy blonde pole vaulters, the Olympic ...
With the Olympics just getting started, there is lots to see on the streets of Beijing
But who would of guessed a human-powered mini? 
Mini is one of the sponsors of The Other Blog, which focuses on art, design, and internet trends.
The trendy car company has brought one of its new models to Beijing's streets ...
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It was an ancient, 7,000 mile long, network of trade routes between China's capital at Chang'an and the westernmost reaches of the Roman empire. The Silk Road contained ...
Sandstorms keep trains marooned
Trains forced to seek shelter from the elements in Xinjiang, far western China 
NEARLY 4,000 people have been stranded on four trains since early yesterday as a result of strong winds and sandstorms in the southern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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