The chances of getting top notch medical care throughout most of China are not high. I know this because I have lived in three different provinces with my family, and we have received one missed diagnosis or treatment after another, particularly here in Xi’an, a city of more than six million. I have had to [...]
Is the Chinese educational system as high-stress as one might think? You’d better believe it. Wan Lixin provides a startling view of the extreme competition inherent in the system and suggests that a return–at least in part–to the moral education of the past may be the solution. From the article, here is a taste of [...]
Well, we’re currently on Day 24 of the Great Firewall blockage of YouTube. You can imagine my angst; or maybe you can’t. But I can tell you that it’s considerable.
Wow, it’s been a few days since I’ve posted! I just got back from a meeting of EtonHouse-China principals in Suzhou. It was an action-packed, busy two days but we got covered a lot of territory–perhaps too much. The agenda covered a whole range of school-related issues, including marketing, next year’s calendar, staffing, upgrading and [...]
This article from TechCrunch details the difficulties that top social media sites are having trying to break into the massive Chinese market.
I’m becoming increasingly frustrated that YouTube is still blocked here in China. It’s been ten days since I was able to access the site, and it’s cutting into not only my lesson planning but my blogging as well. Evidently the site is being blocked for showing a video of police beating to death a Tibetan [...]
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