When you start talking to recruiters about teaching in China, you may find they’re very cryptic about a lot of details. In fact, they may try to sell you a training school without actually telling you it’s a training school. That may be the route you...

Last year was a little hard for me, because I lived in a fairly remote location and couldn’t easily meet up with my friends. This year’s different. I’m closer to the downtown area, but… I have no friends. Well, okay, that’s not true, but when I scroll...

The process for a Chinese citizen to get a US visa is full of hardships, disappointments, and tears. Apparently, anyone wanting a US visa has to buy a phone card to call and schedule an interview, attend said interview in Shanghai or Beijing, pay a...

Sometimes I wonder if I’m going cross-eyed and don’t realize it. In class, I have the hardest time making eye contact with the student I’m trying to call on. I’ll point at someone, and they’ll mouth, “Me?” then look behind them, even if they’re sitting...

I was a little low on things to do for Halloween. Visiting a cave, however, seemed like an appropriate activity. While Yixing is mostly famous for its teapots, there are also three caves in the area. Zhanggong is the least popular of the three, but we...