CCLC is Hiring

The Colorado Chinese Language Center would like to hire one part time Chinese language instructor.   Duties include: Teaching clients/students (children ages 5 to 17; adults of all ages) at our office in Broomfield and/or Denver. Teaching on a flexible schedule Clearly explaining grammar points and helping students practice during/between classes Helping students master tones [...]

How to Avoid Danger in China

This fascinating short story by Murong Xuexun deftly illustrates how easily you can get into (or out of) trouble in China. There are three important themes in this story:  1. Avoiding Trouble in China, 2. Guanxi 3. China as a Collectivist Society. A lawyer drove after drinking, made an illegal turn and then hit a farmer on a motorbike. [...]

Why China Feels Like the Twilight Zone

Relationships are profoundly important (and different) in Chinese culture. Relationships impact daily life on a level that people from the West simply don’t understand. Surviving the Morning Commute in Taiwan A friend was stopped at a stoplight on his way to work. He noticed a scooter towing a second scooter.  The light split the two [...]