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A Review of Echo English, Hangzhou

They lied to me, to get me into places like Tiantai – a tiny town with no foreigners and nothing to do –  then they tried it again with Yueqing. One of their employees sexually harassed me within hours of my stepping off the plane. The school pays Echo Education between 13,000 – 16,000 RMB a month. I only see 6,000 of that. They refused to move me from Tiantai when I was genuinely considering suicide due to months of miserable isolation, instead threatening to blacklist me so I would never get another teaching job in China again. When I…

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Guizhou Province’s Intercollegiate Modern Wushu Tournament

        Every four years, something special happens within the collegiate community of Guizhou province; an athletic tradition with thousands of years of tradition is continued by young aspiring acrobats, athletes,  and martial arts enthusiasts.  Students from every corner of Guizhou have spent the better part of 2013 and 2014 tirelessly  butterfly whirling, lotus kicking,  kipping, back flipping, and south style screaming in preparation for Guizhou’s only intercollegiate Modern Wushu Tournament.         Well, what exactly is Modern Wushu?  Wushu (武术) literally means “martial arts” but the term “Wushu” in English specifically means “Chinese Martial Arts.”  Chinese martial…

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