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Faith. Hope. Love.
[…] over and over. Several knew a friend of a friend who had bought a ticket and won. One of the younger teachers pulled a hand full of tickets from his pocket. We all laughed. “No,” he said before anyone asked. “I’ve never won a thing.” Then a quiet father of a little girl whose […]
In Exile—Outside the Wall
[…] studying signs. Train stations were particularly helpful because there were giant signs in the ticket hall listing out the names of all of the cities to which tickets could be purchased. It was a great test; how many cities could I recognize? One thing I noticed was that the list of cities was divided […]
In Exile—Still Waiting
[…] permission to re-enter China. To our disbelief the answer was yes. The following day, however, the answer was no. Reluctantly, we stepped out in faith and bought tickets, praying that our flight would remain on schedule. Thankfully, it did—the airport closed later that night to all transiting passengers. In late March we landed safely […]
ZGBriefs | August 19, 2021
Shanghai Bans English Exams Amid Calls For Less English Teaching (August 12, 2021, Radio Free Asia) Authorities in Shanghai have canceled primary school English exams in a bid to lighten the burden on children and parents, amid growing calls for English to be de-emphasized in China's state schools.
My Heart Aches for Shanxi but with Hope
[…] returned to the US in March 2020, we only expected to be here for several weeks helping to facilitate work groups for a conference. We had return tickets to China for late April and multiple-entry R (foreign expert) and S2 (spousal) China visas in our passports. Even with the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan […]
Keeping a Cow
Practical Language Learning, Then and Now
[…] Working with a language helper, she constructed dialogs and vocabulary lists. Topics included things like shopping in the market, ordering in a restaurant, buying train and/or plane tickets, going to the hospital, shopping for computer parts in Zhongguancun, and renewing a residence permit. A few years ago, a friend of mine, while researching for […]
Is the Door Slowly Opening?
[…] 2020, the doors to China slammed shut, and, like thousands of others, China’s two plus years of strict COVID control measures and the exorbitant cost of air tickets have made his travel there or his parents’ travel here impossible. And even if he did make it back, he would still have been looking at […]
Two Types of Cultural Adjustment
[…] minute,” I said. “Don’t you want to know the reason for the flight delay or cancellation? “Of course I do,” she replied. “But I don’t expect the airline staff to know or care, so there is no point asking about it.” I had to admit, she had a point. So, as you think about […]
China and Africa—A Reading Roundup
[…] and the African continent. The first article, “Why Chinese are traveling to Africa, and why Africans are traveling to China”, explores the reasons behind this trend: Direct airline flights between Africa and China have jumped over 600% in the past decade. Planes today are not only full of workers and traders seeking prosperity, but also short-term […]
ZGBriefs | June 4, 2020
Are Kids in China Better-Off Today Than a Decade Ago? (June 2, 2020, Sixth Tone) This Children’s Day, Sixth Tone takes a look back at 10 years’ worth of policies aimed at better protecting children, as well as their still-evident shortcomings.