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Provocative title on an interesting article:

Monday, February 05, 2007

By Mei Fong, The Wall Street Journal

BEIJING -- For years, foreigners in China have delighted in the loopy English translations that appear on the nation's signs. They range from the offensive -- "Deformed Man," outside toilets for the handicapped -- to the sublime -- "Show Mercy to the Slender Grass," on park lawns.

Thanks to the Peking Duck for the link http://www.pekingduck.org/archives/004515.php#004515

Beijing correspondent Tom Carter revisits the 2007 telecommuncation blackout in China.

A humorous "what if" for anyone studying Chinese or teaching English.

This in-depth post gives some excellent advice for anyone considering teaching ESL in China - and, in particular, at Chinese universities. Tam gives prospective teachers a large list (broken into categories) of questions you should be asking when considering employment.

After a week spent teaching English to Tibetan kiddies and generally increasing the pungency of my body odor, I've managed to make it to a town large enough to offer Internet access and a hot shower.

If you would like to be a teacher, you can visit esljobs.cn, which updates a lot of teaching positions each day.

Blogger Matthew Stinson gets some advice from Sinosplice's John Pasden and fellow Shanghai expat Micah Sittig on some must-see and must-do things when visiting Shanghai for the first time.