Yeah I'm not going into this thinking I'll spend a few years in socialist utopia. I figure I'll just see the country and a radically different way of life for myself, which is reason enough, while doing really interesting and rewarding work that's at worst morally neutral. Plus, I'll always be able to dunk on libs and chuds when I come back home and hear them say stupid shit by responding, "You haven't even been there chuckle fuck."
Thanks for the nudge. I submitted my application today based on the feedback in this thread. Financial situation would be pretty generous it looks like! Somewhere above 20k rmb/month, including a housing stipend. I've been told that's plenty.
My cousin lived on campus as an English teacher in one of the universities in Wuhan. We'd go to GuangGu in WuChang and hit up some of the bars there. There was this literally underground pub (half a storey below street level) that had hookahs and imported alcohol but literally had a max capacity of like 20 people near Vox and Prison, prominent xpat bars but wasn't completely riddled with laowai.
There was this middle aged American lady who was an English teacher, who my cousin was on tenuous terms with (the yank disagreed with her binge drinking, and also the way my cousin dresses for a lady, but some "politeness" from whatever region of Yankistan prevented her from saying anything directly, plus they worked together so they have to deal) would give out Christian literature, and/or bible stories as a extra reading for her students trying to learn English. It was an attempt at saving the souls of some godless commies.
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Yeah I'm not going into this thinking I'll spend a few years in socialist utopia. I figure I'll just see the country and a radically different way of life for myself, which is reason enough, while doing really interesting and rewarding work that's at worst morally neutral. Plus, I'll always be able to dunk on libs and chuds when I come back home and hear them say stupid shit by responding, "You haven't even been there chuckle fuck."
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Thanks for the nudge. I submitted my application today based on the feedback in this thread. Financial situation would be pretty generous it looks like! Somewhere above 20k rmb/month, including a housing stipend. I've been told that's plenty.
My cousin lived on campus as an English teacher in one of the universities in Wuhan. We'd go to GuangGu in WuChang and hit up some of the bars there. There was this literally underground pub (half a storey below street level) that had hookahs and imported alcohol but literally had a max capacity of like 20 people near Vox and Prison, prominent xpat bars but wasn't completely riddled with laowai.
There was this middle aged American lady who was an English teacher, who my cousin was on tenuous terms with (the yank disagreed with her binge drinking, and also the way my cousin dresses for a lady, but some "politeness" from whatever region of Yankistan prevented her from saying anything directly, plus they worked together so they have to deal) would give out Christian literature, and/or bible stories as a extra reading for her students trying to learn English. It was an attempt at saving the souls of some godless commies.
I miss the city.
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Like, Lanzhou lamian, the Hui cuisine? Or some hand pulled variation of Reganmian?
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