The Dragon Boat Festival is upon us again: a time when the humidity rolls in and the mosquitos arrive, and when suddenly triangles of sticky rice are the snack of choice.

Rebecca Colles is a teacher from Australia currently working as an English teacher at RDFZ King’s College School Hangzhou.

Life during the time of COVID-19 has not been easy. However, for teachers in China, there have been some positives from this time if you take a glass half full approach.

The Christmas tree has been dismantled and the tinsel has been tucked away for one more year. The festive season is over in many parts of the world, but not in China.

Thomas Lane, originally from the United Kingdom, joined Dipont Education this summer. He is working as a biology teacher in our international curriculum center in Chengdu Shishi High School.

Elijah Abdullah, originally from Florida in the United States, joined Dipont Education this summer. He is working as a history teacher in our international curriculum center in Shenzhen Foreign Languages School.

Matt Sibbit is head of department in our A-level center at Zhangjiagang IVY Experimental School. He has lived in Zhangjiagang for more than five years in total. Here, he tells us about his experiences of life in a small Chinese city.

Every year, we recruit hundreds of international teachers to teach on our international high school programs, which offer A-level, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs to Chinese high school students.

Brenda Mercer teaches in the Dipont Education international center at Dalian No. 24 High School. She has lived in Dalian, in the northeast of China, with her husband from the United Kingdom since 2018.