China Bound, Revised A Guide to Academic Life and Work in the PRC (1994) / Chapter Skim
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1. Research, Study, and Teaching in China
1. Research, Study, and Teaching in China
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students, scholars, and teachers who want to live and work in China. Programs abound for undergraduates, recent college graduates with a strong sense of adventure and minimal training in the Chinese language, well-published senior scholars of Chinese history, field scientists with no previous experience in China, and established professors who want to spend a year teaching abroad.
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Further information about the research program for scholars may be obtained from: Committee on Scholarly Communication with China 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, NV\T Suite 2013 Washington, DC 20007 The Henry Luce Foundation sponsors a United States-China Cooperative Research Program "to encourage sustained joint research by American and Chinese scholars on significant topics in the humanities and social sciences that will lead to an improved understanding of China." Cooperative projects normally involve two or more collaborators on both the Chinese and American sides, working together over a threeyear period. Further information about the research program for scholars may be obtained from: U.S.-China Cooperative Research Program The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
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A description of their programs and list of their addresses and telephone numbers appear in Appendix A More than 30 governmental institutions in the United States have signed protocols with counterpart Chinese institutions, and a few of them also provide funding for nongovernment employees.
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To order, contact: NAFSA Association of International Educators 1875 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20009 Telephone: 202-462-4811 HOPKINS-NANJING CENTER Chinese and international students live together as roommates at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. Chinese students study about the United States with American professors, and Americans learn about China from Chinese professors.
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Fulbright program, which recruits American Ph.D.s with at least five years of university-level teaching experience to teach American literature, economics, law, history, American studies, international relations and American politics, journalism, art history, and music at the graduate level at universities and other postsecondary institutions in China. For information on Fulbright lecturing programs, contact: CIES 3400 International Drive, NW Suite M-500 Washington, DC 20008 Telephone: 202-686-4023 The Peace Corps has also begun an English-language teaching program.
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is normally required. Most foreign teachers teach English, and most Chinese institutions prefer individuals with some experience teaching English as a Second Language.
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If application is made through the Foreign Experts Bureau before leaving the United States, inquiries may also be made concerning the availability of work such as training young interpreters, doing editing or proofreading at the Foreign Languages Press, or writing articles for the Xinhua (New China) News Agency, Beijing Review, China Reconstructs, and other English-language publications produced in China.
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