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As the world’s fastest growing nation, China has its eyes set on becoming the world’s next superpower and with a population in excess of 1.3 billion people, who is going to argue?
Letz Live is eagerly on the hunt for enthusiastic individuals who are interested in living and working abroad in China. Grab a bicycle and join the locals in riding the streets of Beijing or explore the ultra modern city of Shanghai. Looking for something a little slower paced? Why not venture up to the tropical Hainan Island - China’s very own version of Hawaii - or spend time in the colonial British city of Hong Kong?
Since the largely successful 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chinas thirst for learning the English language has grown in epic proportions. As an English speaking foreigner, you will be treated like royalty and feel like the most popular person in town. The Gap positions are very similar to those that would be expected of Gap assistants in the United Kingdom or Australia. Applicants will be assigned to the school’s boarding facilities and will be associated with the schools’ academic, performing arts or sporting curriculum.
Eagerly assuming its place among the world’s top travel destinations, even more so since Beijing took centre stage at the 2008 Olympics, China is an epic adventure. From the wide open and empty panoramas of Tibet to the push and shove of Shànghåi, from the volcanic dishes of Sìchuån to beer by the bag in seaside Qingdåo, a journey through this colossus of a country is a mesmerising encounter with the most populous and perhaps most culturally idiosyncratic nation on earth.
The sheer diversity of China’s terrain takes you from noisy cities fizzing with energy to isolated mountain-top Ming-Dynasty villages where you can hear a pin drop. P?do¯ng’s ambitious skyline is a triumphant statement, but it couldn’t be further from the worldly renunciation acted out in Tibet’s distant monasteries.
Curator of the world’s oldest continuous civilisation, China will have you bumping into history at every turn. But it’s not just a museum of imperial relics: the frisson of development that has left China’s coastline glittering with some of the world’s most up-to-the-minute cities propels the land on with a forward-thinking dynamism.
And it’s the people – unavoidable in their immense numbers – who provide the ceaseless drama and entertainment. Loud, garrulous and quick thinking, you’ll see the Chinese squeezing onto dangerous-looking buses, walking in pyjamas around Shànghåi or inviting each other to sit down to some of the most varied cuisine in the world. Animated by a palpable sense of pride, the Chinese are revelling in their country’s ascendency. Everyone is talking about China, so why not find out what all the fuss is about?
A 'Gap year' is traditionally referred to as the year taken between the completion of secondary schooling and the commencement of tertiary education or entry into a future career. More ››
