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Thus all of China is on a mission to make sure their friends dress warmly enough. In Chinese the phrase you hear most in these days is 多穿衣服 “duo chuan yi fu,” which translates literally to “wear more clothes.” So, because we all love some good Chinglish, here’s a sampling of the heartfelt text messages [...]

Many of you know that I’ll be teaching at a university in Harbin (which will be pretty different than teaching Kindergarten in Beijing), but this time around I’ll also be serving as a team leader. My team will consist of a few recent college grads who are teaching and living overseas long-term for the first [...]


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