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.

Asian Americans can't compete with white instructors in China. When Douglas Lee started searching for a job as an English instructor in Chengdu, he seemed just like any other American to his potential employers.

But when he submitted a photo of himself, the 26-year-old graduate of San Diego State University discovered that he had one blemish on his application: He looked too Chinese.

The ups and downs of teaching English in China as told by expat Tom Carter in the Wall Street Journal.

One of my students gave a short speech yesterday on the person who had most influenced her life. Like many others she named her mother as her personal hero. It was a great impromptu speech and I applauded her for her candor about one issue in particular: She lauded her mother for giving up a high paying managerial job to take care of her as she grew up, but lamented that her father was

Daniel, who has experience both in Taiwan and on the mainland, offers a counterpoint to Mark's earlier article about how to make money teaching EFL in Taiwan. Daniel details what it takes to run a successful tutoring business as a westerner.