juanisaac on news Thailand Now Offers Free Visas to Chinese Citizens(2 comments)
How is this possible? My Chinese workers just told me that Chinese people are mistreated and abused all over the world. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news Qiu Zhenhai: China Desperately Needs More Cutting-Edge Talent(16 comments)
The Chinese government wants more talent, but in some provinces they are testing five year limits on foreigners and telling them to leave. For Chinese foreign students they want to be rewarded fro their talent and not kow-tow to seniority. At this pace it will be like the Japanese who took rifle designs from the ... Full Comment>>
juanisaac on IslandBoy77 's blog First Interview: Aftermath(14 comments)
Seriously, you need TWO years of teaching experience. My old school in Jiangsu has not had a foreign teacher in two years and they are as desperate as they can get. But, of the people who do enquire they do not have the two years teaching experience asked of them and they can't process their Visa. It is the Foreign ... Full Comment>>
juanisaac on hadleyj09 's blog China is NOT a bad place to be (RANT)(25 comments)
Your blog has a date of May 15, 2014. Why don't you plan to write a blog on the same day next year? I want to see if you will really feel the same then as you do now. My first 6 months here I loved everything, the next six months I loathed everything. I have reached homeostasis now where I take China for what it is- ... Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news Foreign Models in Trouble After Fake Casting Operation by Police Leads to Arrests(6 comments)
The Chinese officials need to be careful here. If other countrys start deporting Chinese from their shores it will a 10-20-30 to 1 scale, maybe more. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news To Go or Not To Go: Lifespan of Foreigners in China(62 comments)
I agree with you. I knew a few Finns who worked in a small town. They had to leave China every few months. They just could not take living here for a few months straight. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news To Go or Not To Go: Lifespan of Foreigners in China(62 comments)
I do not subscribe to that. I have been in China three years and I do not lie, cheat, or am immoral (at least in my view). My boss at my present school always tells me that I am too honest and not tell her anything about my outside business. But I hear you that it is tough not to act like some of the locals. My ... Full Comment>>
juanisaac on Eragon 's blog Right to teach English(9 comments)
There might be a solid reason for this as well. I have met excellent non-native speakers. However, as good as they are they still make their fair share of mistakes. More mistakes than a native would make. I can hear them when they speak and read them when they write. Maybe that is what schools want, to model speech. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on Eragon 's blog Right to teach English(9 comments)
I don't know about that one. Being white will be superior in the hiring hierarchy than a native black speaker. I have had school F.A.O. s tell me "we don't hire blacks or Asians." This also means blacks and Asians who have deep roots in English speaking countries. I can just point to Louischuam on this ... Full Comment>>
juanisaac on Eragon 's blog Right to teach English(9 comments)
You are writing to people that agree with you. You have to convince the Chinese about your views. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news China’s Godfather of Sexology Says Prostitution in China is Voluntary(30 comments)
I do not treat prostitutes badly. I just think it is bad "career" choice. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news China’s Godfather of Sexology Says Prostitution in China is Voluntary(30 comments)
I agree with you. Everything seems like a commodity to be bought and sold. Prostitution is a short term business of a payment for services. And marriage seems to be the same thing- a long term business deal with a baby and in-laws thrown into the package. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news Survival of the Fittest: The Difficulties of Finding a Job as a Foreigner(61 comments)
I know a lot of Germans in China. They work doing engineering and machinery. In their businesses the management has to be half and half or else they will walk out. The problem is not the Chinese are incapable, but that the Chinese management wants to cut corners to save money. The German management do not want that ... Full Comment>>
juanisaac on judyfengliu 's blog Never Give Up - (2) Apply for a Job(3 comments)
I enjoy your posts Julie. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news Student’s Passion for Instant Noodles Gets Him Into Elite American University(9 comments)
Good job young man. Creativity got you somewhere. Full Comment>>
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juanisaac on juanisaac 's blog Jintan's Purple Cow(3 comments)
Thank you. I find your kind words heartening. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news Silent Agreement: The Four Unwritten Rules of Courtship in China(46 comments)
Times are changing. Women fooling around on their partners is growing. I met some Chinese women into that stuff.... Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news 600,000 Chinese Die Annually From Work Related Causes(4 comments)
They are also including parallel universes in the count. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news What are Women After in Life? A Simple Survey Reveals All(13 comments)
Give it some time. I took my girl two years, and now she talks about money a lot more than before. I asked why now and not before. She responded, "Because I am Chinese." Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news Considering Crimea: Should China Side With The US or Russia?(20 comments)
They will side with Russia. The Chinese get a lot of ther oil, gas, natural resources, and the like from Russia. Not to mention foodstuffs like wheat and corn. Together, the Chinese and Russians can be a bulwark against the U.S.A. and Western Europe. If you go to site for Zerohedge China has already demanded Ukrain ... Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news Money and Affection: Understanding the Financial Motives Behind Chinese Relationships(24 comments)
You did well in taking your time. I can't tell all the times I've made wrong decisions because of being pressured. Forget it! When that happens to me in China I just tell them that I will make a decision when I am ready. And if I am not fast enough for what they want- too bad. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news Money and Affection: Understanding the Financial Motives Behind Chinese Relationships(24 comments)
I feel for you. The government job is what the Chinese call the "iron bowl." It is something you will always have until you somehow miss a hong bao payment. On the average government workers do earn less than some teachers. I am not extremely wealthy, but I do earn way above the average government worker ... Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news A Bar Too High: Marriage Survey Shows Women Have Higher Standards Than Men(11 comments)
And he has a great personality I might add! Thanks for pointing out the missing part. Full Comment>>
juanisaac on news China's White-Collar Workers Hate Their Offices, Waste Too Much Time in Meetings (11 comments)
At my work we have meetings all the time and it is a beat down of everything we do wrong. After 15 minutes, it is all over and we can leave. Management can care less of our opinions and suggestions. It gets old after a while hearing the same bs every two weeks. Full Comment>>