Your 2025 China Adventure: Teaching, Traveling, and Thriving!

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Hello, China! Your Summer 2025 Journey Awaits For those contemplating an adventure in China, whether as an English teacher or an explorer, Summer 2025 presents a dynamic and evolving landscape. This period offers unique experiences and significant potential for individuals who are well-informed and adaptable. While the environment has certainly transformed over recent years, China remains a vibrant destination. This report aims to provide a realistic yet optimistic overview of the current situation, covering the educational landscape, the foreign English teaching market, visa processes, alternative…

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Palfish- A great experience from Teacher Sav

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What was the name of your online company? PalFish   What were the working hours like? Available teaching hours are from 6am to midnight 7 days a week. Prime or peak  teaching hours are from 5:30-9pm BJT on weekdays and 9am-9pm BJT on weekends. I have always been able to be booked until about 11pm on any given day and on weekdays usually I can get bookings starting at 2-3pm on weekdays and kids often want to take classes from 7-9am before they go to…

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A Bad experience with Palfish

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The Classes I started working for Palfish over a year ago- The classes are unpredictable to start with and the students can cancel at the last minute or even not show up at all!  It can be very disheartening. I have yet to hear many people doing well on it. It can give great confidence to new teachers however to get infront of the camera, it’s easy to use as you can use your smart phone so its handy for travel and can work from anywhere.…

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VIPKID Review

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VIPKid Company VIPkid has been changing the Chinese ESL landscape since 2013 with their comprehensive virtual learning environment (VLE).  Working as a contractor on their platform has been a large improvement over working for other, physical training centers in mainland China.  They offer self-managed working hours, 65,000 teachers teaching 500,000+ Chinese kids, and a platform designed to make the nitty-gritty of scheduling classes and managing the paperwork as easy as possible for both the teacher and the company. There are no obstacles to teaching as…

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