The customs from country to country are never quite the same, but in China there are additional surprises to ponder. To a new resident and "virgin-observer" from the West, the medium sized city of Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, offers challenges not known to a three-week tourist, who is securely insulated from true-daily-life of China's 1.4 billion. Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong are no more China than New York, Los Angeles, and Miami are America. To understand America is to look beyond the city-sprawl, to imagine China is to visit beyond its mega-cities. Opportunities to experience these less explored areas of China, such as the city of Taizhou, are emerging for teachers from foreign countries (and especially from English speaking nations), for whom a semester long stay, or even a year long contract with a school in China, could
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