Safest Landing in China Teachers vs. Backpackers Straight Scoop on the Z-visa Our Profit Sharing Plan
Safest Landing in China What do we mean when we say Kenneth’s English School is the safest landing in China? Simply that we try and make it the safest and easiest transition possible – especially when you arrive from abroad. Lets face it, uprooting and relocating across the world to a school in China can be risky. Some schools [...]
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Teachers vs. Backpackers In China, the bar is lower than most other countries when it comes to being hired as a teacher. There are a lot of reasons for this, including inadequate screening procedures, wage scales offered, perceptions of the role of Foreign Teachers, etc. What this translates to, in some cases, is a nineteen year old high [...]
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Straight Scoop on the Z-visa There is a lot of confusion over Z-visas. Let’s demystify things by first stating a Z Visa is the visa that allows you to legally obtain employment in China. It is good for thirty days (even though it is usually printed as being good for “000″ days) [see Z Visa image] and its purpose is [...]
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Our Profit Sharing Plan Come for the Teaching, Stay for the Profit Sharing In 2011, Kenneth’s English began offering profit sharing opportunities to some of its experienced teachers. We think this offers great benefit to both the school and teachers. For our school, profit sharing assists in our expansion plans, and for teachers, it offers more money and a [...]
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Living in Jilin

Jingpohu River, Jilin

Jingpohu River, Jilin

Jilin City (Chinese: 吉林市; Pinyin: Jílín Shì), is located in Jilin Province in China, situated in hilly area near the Songhua river. Jilin is a very popular destination for Japanese tourists who come each winter to view the spectacular ice-rimmed trees on display along the banks of the Songhua River.

Ice-rimmed trees are a natural phenomena that take place every year during January and February, and occur when warm Songhua River water rise up to meet the cold -20 degrees night air.

When this happens ice crystals form on the beautiful pine trees, making for excellent winter scenery. Ice-rimmed trees in Jilin are one of the four natural wonders of China.

Jilin is a small city by Chinese standards, about one million people. Jilin is unique in that a beautiful river (the SongHua) runs through the city center and it is surrounded by mountainous foothills.

While Jilin is a Northeastern city, and it does get cold in the winters, it also has beautiful warm weather recreation too.

The Songhua river is fed by a huge dam. Behind the dam is the vast Songhua lake. The lake has many islands and is surrounded by mountain peaks. Its a great day trip.

The people of Jilin are friendly to and a bit curious about foreigners. Because there are few foreigners in Jilin, you will draw a bit of attention when you go about, but you’ll get used to it.

Unlike the several bigger, more Westernized cities in China like Beijing or Shanghai, living in Jilin provides a more authentic China experience.

For a collection of photos of Jilin city, visit our photo gallery titled Around Jilin .