Blog Tag - Teaching English

After-School Classes Suspended Again, and This Time It's Not Due To COVID
Earlier this week rumors were swirling that all of the city's after-school training centers would be shutting down for an indeterminate amount of...
Wudaokou Watch: “I am impacted by the peace of mind I receive here in Beijing”
Welcome to Wudaokou Watch, where we profile a different west end dwelling expat each week to hear about their life in China's capital. You can read...
China Faces English Teacher Shortage
You couldn't tell by hanging out at Cafe de la Poste, but China is now facing an English teacher shortage. With at least 4,000 native-speaking...
Beijing and Two Other Mainland Cities Outpace Hong Kong in English Proficiency
Just how good is Beijing in the English department? Good enough to outpace Hong Kong, which has a legacy of 100 years of British colonization on its...
Most Schools Don't Check Backgrounds, Undercover SCMP Reporter Discovers
Despite regulations to the contrary (including the newest ones released this week), most English teachers in Beijing are able to land jobs without a...
Classified of the Week: Early Learners
Beijing's diversity and Internet anonymity make for strange bedfellows. Nowhere is this more true than in our website's Classified Ads section. We'...
Buddy System: Volunteer for a Good Time
Our bus chugged along the quiet road, transporting us from the familiar gray city-scape of high rises to shocking green foliage and downtrodden...