Lost Laowai
China expat community Web site for expatriates and travellers in China - featuring reviews + info about travelling, living, teaching and working in China.
Site Owner: Ryan
Most Recent Posts from Lost Laowai
Video: Epic Chinese scooter driving fail
This Chinese scooter driver learns a valuable lesson about why it's important to practice driving your new scooter on quiet vacant streets.The post Video: Epic Chinese scooter driving fail appeared first on Lost Laowai.Posted on 21 May 2013 | 3:46 am
A look at yellow fever documentary ‘Seeking Asian Female’
I was pretty eager to sit down and watch “Seeking Asian Female“, Debbie Lam’s new documentary exploring ‘Yellow Fever’. I’ve always been a bit skeptical about the whole Asian fetish thing, and, admittedly, a bit defensive about it — my wife is Asian and I’m Caucasian. I suppose the thing that gets my back up …The post A look at yellow fever documentary ‘Seeking Asian Female’ appeared first on Lost Laowai.Posted on 11 May 2013 | 6:38 am
Are you on the China ESL teacher blacklist?
The ad-hoc grassroots organization, China Foreign Teacher’s Union, recently announced they had obtained a secretive ESL teachers blacklist used by various schools throughout China to keep tabs on teachers who become “problematic”. The list, sent to the group anonymously and entirely in Chinese, “contains the names of 796 teachers of which 673 are foreigners. 82% …The post Are you on the China ESL teacher blacklist? appeared first on Lost Laowai.Posted on 10 May 2013 | 12:42 am
Expat Advice: Having an abortion in China
I just wanted to share my story in case (like I was) there is another female expat out there looking for information on the experience of having an abortion in China. I was frantically searching the web for information on this when I found out I was pregnant here and found next to nothing, so …The post Expat Advice: Having an abortion in China appeared first on Lost Laowai.Posted on 8 May 2013 | 5:03 am
Top 10 attractive cities for China expats — 2012 edition
The results of China’s annual expat survey, conducted from September to December last year, are in. More than 175,000 expats participated in the survey via both online and offline voting. The 10 cities were selected based on their performance in terms of policy and administration, as well as working and living environment for foreigners. Criteria …The post Top 10 attractive cities for China expats — 2012 edition appeared first on Lost Laowai.Posted on 7 May 2013 | 1:04 am
