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@louis In the case of Eastern Europe in the 80's, there is a major difference : the notion of civil society existed, because Eastern European experienced it before the post-WWII communist rule. So in general, people in East Europe were more keen to question thing, being grumpy, and *act*. Prague Spring, for instance. When things like Prague Spring failed, people moved on something else. In the...

i have read stories on this forum of Chinese not turning on the A/C in summer, yet willing to splash out large sums of money on the latest iPhones or the latest designer fashions.

Bargain hard over a few mao in the market, yet serve enough food to feed an army at a meal, with a lot of it being wasted

to me that seems like inverse thrift.

Yes, i spend money to make my life...

News at 11 : a forum targeting 0.01% of a country's population, read by 0.00001% of the population, triggered an unstoppable revolution. Thanks to their devastative rhetoric skills, the arm-chair guerrillas managed to wake-up a nation of zombies from their jingoist, conservative, greed-fueled <insert here your favorite adjectives> stupor.

Censor, I know you just wet your pants....

I see two ways to proceed:

1. The Chinese method

Give some vague, noncommittal answers, and ensure that all parties, including yourself, are confused as to what is happening. If he asks whether you are in love with him too, say "yes" (to begin with). This is because a) you don't want to hurt his feelings, and b) it's the opposite of...

1. She should find one or more articles in the Contract, her employer doesn't respect (full fill), i.e. 'no TV in the apartment'; 'late salary'; 'more hours required to work then per Contract', and so on...

2. Then, she should get herself new employer (RP sponsor). 

3. After that, she should submit Resignation notice to her employer...

It is difficult to answer that question, because we don't know what you are emphasizing.

There is an article on this site about a person who transitioned from English teaching into a non-teaching job. He gave a lot of tips on finding a job and wrote about his experience. Useful read.

The biggest problem you are going to have is dealing with the visa...

Realistically? Not in a long while. In numerous reports, surveys and guesstimates, the number of people learning English hovers around 300 million. Ok, so maybe this is a little too many, so let's say we discount this by 50%, you'd still have 150 million. Let's say the average class is around 30 students, including all forms of schools private and public and each teacher takes 3 classes, you...

My bro came to visit me in China, and we went for a month-long road trip in Sichuan. We had a blast. My parents also came, touring Yunnan with a small group. They also had a great time. In both case, it was in deep countryside, with the toilets from Hell and all those things, but they just had good memories to bring back home.

I think China, as a travel trip, is great. You got all the...

1. Because what else are they going to do all day?

I encounter the same thing when I visit my girlfriend's family (they live in a small village). Every mundane task becomes an occupation and talking point for the whole family. If someone goes outside to look at a carrot, everyone does. They will stand around talking and pointing, then eventually wander...