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Intermediate | Singapore
Manicured landscape, clean streets, not a piece of trash in sight, humidity... no, you're not at Disneyworld, but you might as well be... it's the mo…
2 years, 6 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Agreement on Exclusive Representation
You've gotten drunk on the baijiu, put in your time at KTV, and now is your chance to finally close the deal. Do you have the Chinese to do it? In th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Intermediate | Ordering Chinese Take-out
It’s slightly reminiscent of your friendly neighborhood ‘Oriental Palace’, but where is the General Tsao’s Chicken and florescent pink sweet and sour…
2 years, 6 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Battling Internet Addiction
Some addictions are better than others. Internet addiction, for example, is bad. Bad, unless of course, the addiction revolves around being on the in…
2 years, 6 months ago
Intermediate | Dorm Life: Late For Class
They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. Let's go back to your student days. Oh, the days of the camaraderie of communal showers, b…
2 years, 6 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Google vs. Baidu
Ali vs. Foreman... Skywalker vs. Vader... Donahue vs. Oprah... There was always a winner and a loser. This may not be any rumble in the jungle, but t…
2 years, 6 months ago
Intermediate | Night Cat
You survived the bike ride home on the handlebars of your friend's bike who was too drunk to walk. You made it to your apartment. You should drink wa…
2 years, 6 months ago
Upper-intermediate | F1 in China
Zooming cars, screeching tires. The only thing missing is a helmet and seatbelt to strap you in. You heard Formula One racing was coming to China. Yo…
2 years, 6 months ago
Intermediate | Automated Phone Recordings
Thank you for calling, for directions in English press 1 now: *1*... for directions in Mandarin press 2 now: *1*, *1*... for directions in Cantonese,…
2 years, 6 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Considering a Credit Card
With traditional Chinese money values (hiding piles of cash in a sock in the closet) changing, so is the world of debt in China. While you still won'…
2 years, 6 months ago