Teachinginchina.net (a good pre-departure resource)
www.teachinginchina.net is a great resource for any teacher thinking of taking the long journey to China in hopes of teaching English. This site focuses on providing useful information to teachers who have never taught ESL in China and/or have never traveled to China before. They operate under the slogan “What you should know before you teach in China.”
The most useful pre-departure information is under the “Precautions” and “What To Ask” sections. These pages give a list of important considerations that foreigners going to China to teach for the first time might not otherwise not think of. All the detailed questions under the “What to Ask” section are quite important and very comprehensive. These are all important things to ask.
The “Links” and “News” sections also give a number of good resources regarding the political and human rights situations in China and how this can adversely affect foreigners living there.
If you’re thinking of teaching in China, this site can provide key insights that other sites may not focus on.