International Office, SXNU, Page 2
 

Please stay in tough with your family and friends while in China.  Living overseas, especially in a culture so distinctively different from what your are accustomed to in the west can be a source of stress.  Ask some of the other foreign teachers about low-rate calling cards/plans that are available for calling into China.  Mail, including magazine and newspaper subscriptions can be sent to the following address.

The address of the University is:

The apartment provides heating from November 15^th to March 15^th (and electric heaters, if necessary) Each apartment also has an air conditioning unit.

After arrival teachers are expected to contact the departments concerned. The dean will introduce the Chinese educational system, as well as the University’s teaching system, teaching plan and other requirements.

The Dean of the Foreign Languages can assist in solving the problems regarding the teaching activities in the department.

If adjustments to the teaching schedule are needed, the teacher must discuss it with the Dean. Lectures cannot be cancelled without prior notice and teachers are expected to make full use of their teaching periods.

Teachers should go to the INTERNATIONAL OFFICE, if they need medical care or help in arranging a private Chinese language class and for help in their travel arrangements. Remember, if you wish to travel to an area designated restricted (not open) you MUST apply for a travel permit from the INTERNATIONAL OFFICE. But, to-date, there are very few remaining in P. R. China.

There is an English news service on Channel 2 every evening around ten o’clock, except on Sundays.

The Chinese Government adheres to a policy of freedom of religious belief and respect for one’s personal beliefs. Foreign teachers in China are not permitted to distribute religious books or articles, to proselytize, or to organize underground religious groups.

Teachers wishing to stay on at the University after their contract expires should open negotiations with the International Office in good time. New contracts can be signed once an agreement is reached, and the International Office can then arrange the extension of visas and residence permits.

Salary scales are at present divided into two categories:

FIRST CATEGORY: Teachers directly invited by Shanxi Normal University. In this case, the University directly pays the teachers a salary, living expenses, and indirectly pays for teacher-accommodations, cost of transportation to and from work site (e.g., apartment, meals, train fare, while in Beijing) and the medical expenses according to the Chinese medical system.  But the teacher must have their own medical insurance.

SECOND CATEGORY: Teachers sent to China by foreign institutions. The second category covers those teachers sent directly by foreign institutions, governments and people’s organizations. Salaries and living conditions in this category are decided by special agreements or under relevant clauses in the contract.

SERVICES ON CAMPUS

BANK:
7:30 – 19:30

POST OFFICE:
8:00 – 12:00
14:00 –18:00

MINI-MARKET:
9:00 – 21:00

BARBERS:
all day

CHINA MOBILE:
9:00 – 19:00

SHOPS:
8:00—20:00