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Book recommendations from That’s editorial team.

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

“I had always tried to make my pictures on my Grandma’s table look like the world as it appeared to me, but after listening to my parents that night, I drew a picture of the world as I wanted it to be.” Author and artist Eugene Yelchin recounts his childhood in Cold War Russia as he doodles under the massive family table. Expected to fulfill high hopes for the family but confused over family dynamics, this story follows all of the drama packed into such a tiny apartment shared by a boisterous family.

Long Road to the Circus

This is for any silly kid - or adult - who wants to get out of their small town and break into a big world. The book, written by Betsy Bird and illustrated by Caldecott Medalist David Small, follows twelve-yearold farm girl Suzy Bowls as she learns to ride an ostrich in 1920’s Michigan. How on earth did she stumble across ostriches in the middle of Michigan in the ‘20’s? For that you’ll have to join her family as they welcome her uncle back to town and discover what he’s up to when he’s skipping his chores.

CLASS CLOWN

Cooking Class with Grandpa Xu on Douyin

Made famous by Douyin, centenarian Grandpa Xu has gained 230,000 followers by teaching how to make traditional Beijing dishes on the popular video-sharing platform. Xu began to upload his cooking videos after a family discussion encouraged him to share the skills he learned after a career working for a famous Beijing restaurant. His personality is known for being funny but meticulous with plenty of stories about his life. He and his family both never expected that his cooking videos would garner over a million views.

Screenshot via ecns.cn

ECO HOME

Is Bamboo Toilet Paper Really Eco Friendly?

whogivesacrap.org

Putting aside simply cleaning with water guns and hands, bamboo toilet paper is being sold in the West at premium prices in crappy-themed packaging with big claims. Sellers say it’s better than typical booty paper for both health and the environment. The good news is that while you’re in China, bamboo toilet paper actually is better for your bum and more sustainable, as it’s not being shipped from one tiny corner of this country to who-knows-where across the ocean. Once you leave China though, opt instead for partially or completely recycled paper, as trendy demands for bamboo can lead to deforestation to make room for the cash crop. Though to be fair, Who Gives A Crap brand has small farm deals for their bamboo products to avoid deforestation. They have a 100% recycled option too.

THAT ISN’T PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

Examining School Projects with Kyle Wagner

By Vanessa Jencks

Out of the following scenarios, which is genuinely project-based learning (PBL)? • A student must create a website about her favorite aquatic species found within the neighboring waters of Hainan. • Students test different potted vegetables to see which conditions cause the best yield as apart of a structured science experiment. • A teacher asks her class how students can help address the problem of bullying within their own school, helping the bully and the bullied.

If you’re not sure which to pick, you are among a group of schools, teachers and parents unsure about how to identify and create meaningful PBL experiences.

We asked Hong-Kong-based coLearning Experience Designer and former High Tech High educator, Kyle Wagner, to explain to our readers what makes PBL unique. Wagner has made a professional mission to help walk alongside over a thousand educators around the globe to take the theory of PBL into the classroom. By the end of this article, readers should be able review the first three scenarios and distinguish which is a first step for PBL.

“There are three major differences between simply a project you take on and PBL,” Wagner explains. These three things all link together, and can be summarized as real audience, continued reflection, and agency and purpose. “One of the greatest components of PBL is that you have a real audience to share with, beyond just the teacher.” A real audience will lead to real world reactions, with small success or failures pointing to the student’s work needing to be adjusted to keep moving toward success. That “can’t be quantified by a grade” and is closer to what students will experience beyond school in their careers and lives after being students.

“Really good project-based experience is going to live on forever, and it's going to be something that [students] keep consistent feedback and reflection on throughout the whole process.” Wagner points out that real world projects require multiple drafts and multiple iterations to solve a problem. PBL doesn’t result in one type of project for learning, nor is it to reflect learning that’s already taken place, to prove that a student

learned something. “Project-based experience is something that's deeper. It's something that's not just one set outcome that everyone's going to all do together. It's something that is guided by a process and a question.”

Teachers giving students a project to make a book about their summer vacations would not be an example of PBL. Wagner juxtaposes this with clear examples. “If the question is, ‘How can we build a love of travel in our community through digital media?’ then you're going to get a lot more deviation and divergence of what students might produce.”

Through guidance, students will produce meaningful answers in response. “Yes, some students might produce a book, but others might produce a video that they want to share. Some might produce an event in which they're sharing all the places in the community to potentially visit and how to make the most out of a summer vacation.” Student choice or agency in determining both the medium and the answer separates projects from projectbased learning.

“Perhaps some are working with a travel agency, and the travel agency is struggling in becoming relevant. Or they're putting up a blog of all their travels. There are multiple different products because there was a question that was open enough, but focused enough to be about summer travel, to offer students multiple ways in which they answer that.” Wagner adds “What’s most important about PBL is not the project itself, but the learning that takes place because of it.”

Wagner describes his professional development work as a “privilege of serving thinking schools and educators and designing more socially, globally, emotionally aware citizens. The professional development Wagner provides is different in that it is immersive for the educator, taking theory into actual practice as they design PBL experiences together to implement. It also requires the teacher to take on the role of a student in going through a PBL experience so that they also can understand the problems students will face.

Unlike many trainings provided to teachers that are a kind of “fire hose of different strategies,” Wagner walks with educators through a longterm relationship he describes as “full transformation” that will take commitment and work from the school and teacher. “There are always dilemmas that come up. Whether that's connecting better to the community or asking questions about integrating standards and curriculum, assessing a complex way of learning or encouraging parent engagement.” Through Wagner’s platform, he connects educators with others across the globe to help them wade through these dilemmas.

Wagner cautions schools to say they’re about PBL unless they’re all in. “If the school wants it to be the primary vehicle of learning, it can't be something just done on the side.” If you’d like to learn more about how to implement PBL or find out about Wagner’s offerings, head to transformschool.com or email him at kylewagner@transformschool. com.

Expat Pregnancy Rights

Steps Teachers Can Take When Private Schools Refuse Maternity Rights

By Vanessa Jencks

Adirty secret in the education industry is the lengths some private schools will go to to avoid fulfilling pregnancy and maternity rights laws. Though these schools claim to be for children, when they fail to provide women with their legal right to maternity leave and benefits, they exemplify that they are only about the bottom line of profits.

Due to a language barrier, fewer social connections and an often inadequate understanding of Chinese Labor Law, international female employees are a particularly vulnerable group to such practices. That’s spoke with teachers who have first-hand experience of such practices and followed up with a lawyer who told us how to avoid being taken advantage of by such schools.

Cara Blitz, a pseudonym, is fighting with a “very well-known” international school in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. She is also running a WeChat group to help others find the information they need to challenge schools that illegally block or change an employee’s maternity leave. “The group is meant to inform and empower pregnant women as well as their partners. We have rights. Don’t settle for less,” Blitz writes in the group. “The law is on your side. The only way they win is if you roll over.”

Over 200 women have learned how to find and make complaints at labor bureaus thanks to the group. Chinese law explicitly states that foreigners are included in the national maternity law and this information is readily available for group members. Additional resources, such as birth plan contracts, ayi contracts, bilingual translations of laws and more are also available.

Blitz and other members share first-hand experiences of illegal “tricks” schools will use to get out of their legal responsibilities. For example, asking teachers to resign before their maternity leave starts, refusing to renew a contract until one year after a child’s birth or claiming the employee was supposed to inform the school of the pregnancy before signing a contract. They also share anecdotal stories with silver linings, like a woman who left China and the school after they denied maternity rights. “She hired a lawyer and won the case from abroad,” Blitz explains.

A member of the group, Laura Baucom, explains her battle. She met with her school’s general manager who is also the son of the founder and owner of the company. He listened attentively about how the school is blocking all her rights and agreed to give her the full benefits she is owed and even apologizes. Baucom explains it is the first time someone had “spoken to [her] like a human” at the school. Sadly, things don’t turn out the way the general manager said they would. “They sent me the agreement to sign and absolutely nothing that was discussed was included. Now, we are back to fighting with them. I have gotten some things, but we’re still working.”

Blitz is documenting all the dates and times the school has used tactics to deny her rights, such as HR ignoring written requests for the school to pay social insurance. The school retaliated by releasing a handbook outlining that foreign teachers can only receive four weeks of maternity leave. An expat Head of School falsely claimed that “Certain laws apply only to Chinese citizens. In the case of maternity leave, Chinese citizens pay into social

insurance that covers their maternity leave, at a minimal rate of pay. This is not currently available to non-Chinese citizens.”

Blitz decides to bring legal documentation explicitly stating that foreign employees are included, the Head of School refuses to listen and later says he is doing everything to help her. Blitz is still a few months away from the birth of her child when the school’s HR demands that she bring a lawyer to the school. After months of fighting, they finally agree to 128 days of maternity leave but reduce her salary to RMB 4,000 per month. They also demand a birth permit to honor the maternity rights, which foreign women are not required to have to give birth. Additionally, HR refuses to pay her housing allowance and her contract bonus until Blitz returns to work after her maternity leave.

Blitz eventually returns to work after her maternity leave, but the bonus is still not paid and instead, the school demands she resigns to receive the bonus. Furthermore, Blitz is threatened with litigation if she “distributes slanderous statements regarding the school or its employees… which may damage the reputation of the school.”

Along with all of this, the school applies significant and callous stress to Blitz while she is working. Blitz needs to take time during work to breastfeed her child, but the school gives her a larger teaching load to cover what she is missing. “It is meant as punishment,” Blitz says. “They also wanted me to come back to work two weeks after my C-section, even though they knew my son was sick.” Blitz’s son was diagnosed with a congenital disease that often leads to death in newborns.

The stress of fighting for her wages and the time off work has taken a toll on Blitz and she admits to depression and suicidal thoughts. She is taking anti-depressants and therefore had to stop breastfeeding. However, that doesn’t stop Blitz from fighting.

After months of fighting, she finally wins arbitration and receives her full wages. “During the case, I needed to prove that I was married and that China recognized our marriage. They nearly refused to award maternity benefits because the marriage certificate is in English. Luckily, I had three certificates and one of them had a Chinese embassy stamp of authentication.”

Steve Li of Shanghai’s Sino Par Law is a well-known attorney and often gives legal work advice to expats in the country. Li says, “The employer should pay social security for the employed foreign personnel.” Li notes the Interim Measures for Foreigners Employed in China to Participate in Social Insurance as a reference. “If an employer recruits foreigners, it shall register for social insurance within 30 days from the date of applying for the employment certificate and participate in the basic pension insurance for employees, employees’ basic medical insurance, work-related injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance.” Though many schools say that it’s a greater financial burden on both the school and the employee as both must pay into the social insurance, teachers find that this becomes a big issue during maternity discussions and green card applications.

Next, Li addresses claims that foreigners aren’t covered in maternity law. “The Special Regulations on Labor Protection for Female Employees promulgated by the State Council stipulates that employers shall not reduce employees’ wages on the grounds of pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. Foreigners are not excluded from the scope of application of this provision. Foreigners who are employed in accordance with the law are entitled to basic 98-day maternity leave.”

What if your school isn’t paying for social insurance? Li explains that, though the Social Security Department will not pay maternity leave allowances if neither the employer nor employee is contributing to the fund, the employer still needs to fulfill their obligation. “In this situation, the employer will not be exempt from the obligation to pay wages during maternity leave.”

Schools may fight hard to get teachers to not take their full maternity leave because, without support from social security, the cost of having to cover maternity leave is very high. Li notes that some cities have policies that allow for more maternity leave under certain circumstances but should not be less than the basic national allowance. “The number to call for further information on local policies is 12333.“

Li’s last piece of advice is in view of employee rights and the law being on the side of the employee. “If the employer fails to pay social insurance as required by law, the employee can require the employer to cover the losses. Take action such as reporting them to the labor bureau or suing to make sure wages are fully paid.”

Email steve.li@sinoparlaw.com for inquiries on representation in Shanghai or a referral to other capable attorneys.

Here are some tips to avoid being caught in this sort of situation. Please note these tips are anecdotal and do not constitute legal advice.

Don’t work for schools that don’t pay social security or maternity. In the That’s January 2022 issue, CEO of Teaching Nomad Brett Isis mentions that China’s job market is currently favorable for teachers as demand is high, but supply is low. If you know you’re going to start a family in the next couple of years, don’t work for schools that don’t fulfill their obligation on maternity leave. Of course, make sure you check the school’s policy with both the recruiter and the school. Ask to see teacher handbooks, read the work contract for the policy, ask for a real example pay stub with private information blacked out to check that social security is being paid and speak to teachers at the school about these policies during the interview stages. If a school refuses to provide this information, it’s a red flag. When you decline to work for that school, tell them why. It might not change the situation for you but if enough teachers (both male and female) complain, schools may change.

If you’re already working at a school that refuses to pay maternity benefits, get all of their statements of refusal on record. Digital copies from official emails are the best records due to the timestamps. However, in writing with signatures on letterheads and stamps are also sufficient. Additionally, WeChat messages can be used as evidence in Chinese courts. If the school refuses to write down their statements and only wants to speak to you in person, do not accept a meeting unless they agree to it being recorded and that all present state their name and work position at the school. They still might refuse, so try your best to take notes, record dates, times and, if possible, take a witness.

Keep and document all pay stubs along with costs you incur due to refusal to pay maternity benefits or allow maternity leave. Some women have been advised that the school has to break the law first by not paying maternity wages before a teacher can sue. Keep evidence of the financial burden the school puts on mothers of newborns, from ayi costs to lawyer fees, as they may be included in the settlement.

File complaints at your local labor bureau and SAFEA. Sometimes all that’s needed is complaints to offices that deal with the school’s ability to obtain work permits for foreign teachers and the labor bureau. In this case, several complaints from multiple teachers are better than just one teacher complaining. Unfortunately, some women have found that lower-level government workers are not informed about the application of maternity law in regards to foreigners. In this case, make the complaint in person and show the law to the workers. If complaints with these organizations are not successful, don’t be deterred. Judges in arbitration will ultimately determine that the national laws regarding maternity rights have precedence. Ask your lawyer to send an official notice to your school warning them that, if reasonable discourse does not meet a satisfactory outcome, you will pursue your rights. It is advisable to pursue all opportunities to resolve the issue out of court. If HR and the principal refuse to let a teacher talk to the school’s owners, this notice may be the only way to force their hand. Going down this route will reflect incredibly well on the teacher if all other opportunities for settling the matter are pursued. For some women, when complaints did not solve the issue, an official letter from a lawyer was enough.

Go to court. If all else fails, go to court and sue for your rights. Chinese law is weighted heavily in favor of the employee. Some city government bureaus will even publish the news of these lawsuits on their official WeChat accounts when the cases are solved.

That’s Horoscopes

Finally, a horoscope that understands your life in China.

By Joshua Cawthorpe

Pisces

2.20~3.20

Jupiter will be in the realm of Pisces until May. Remember that the heftiest planet’s gravity is what sucks up the asteroids that enter our solar system. Take this as a sign that you should let your own girth increase. Beach bods are out. Jupiter bellies are in.

Aries

3.21~4.20

Enough with the all for one and one for all nonsense. You aren’t a Musketeer. Focus on improving your own situation and don’t burden yourself with the worries of your peers. You can’t love someone else if you don’t love yourself.

Taurus

4.21~5.21

You will be recognized for your hard work this month. And with hard works comes more responsibility. Just don’t get tricked into doing it for the same salary. Stand up for yourself.

Gemini

5.22~6.21

March should be a month of selflessness for Gemini. Pay close attention to the needs of those around you and give without expectation. Your creativity will blossom in the month of March.

Cancer

6.22~7.22

Jupiter, the planet of belief and being ‘extra,’ rules the month of March. Jupiter will join the Sun after the new moon in the first half of the month and bolster Cancer's search for spirituality and knowledge. Be careful not to let this sudden attraction to the occult get you wrapped up in any multilevel marketing schemes.

Leo

7.23~8.23

Keep your eyes peeled for Venus in the first week of March and let her love flow through you. Passion is your power this month so if you were lonely on V-Day then get out there in March and let relationships evolve. It’s time for your romantic metamorphosis.

Virgo

8.24~9.23

Sometimes you need to cut people off in order to make room for new opportunities. If you find yourself in a rut then maybe take a look at not what but who is dragging you down.

Libra

9.24~10.23

When was the last time you went to the dentist? It’s almost ice cream season so stop pretending that the ‘sensitivity’ will go away. Problems that are out-ofsight are the most dangerous because they are easily ignored.

Scorpio

10.24~11.22

It’s a well known fact that Valentine’s day is a conspiracy concocted by Scorpios to make more Scorpios. We’re onto you.

Sagittarius

11.23~12.21

Expect to get sick this month. You can choose to live with an abundance of caution and pile on the healthy habits. Or you can gorge yourself with pizza and beer. Either way, the stars are aligned for you to get a cold.

Capricorn

12.22~1.20

Flights are dirt cheap in the wake of the holiday. Take a weekend trip and explore this vast country. Don’t work too hard.

Aquarius

1.21~2.19

Mars passes into Aquarius on March 5 and this can be empowering to Aquarians. Beware, however, because the darkness inside might want to get out. It might want to walk around. It will want some walkin’ around money. It’s gonna to buy some new shoes.

LISTINGS

BEIJING

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HOTEL NEWS

XIAMEN

The Westin Xiamen Welcomes New General Manager

Previously holding the same position at the Crowne Plaza Fuzhou Riverside and Crowne Plaza Fuzhou South, Jacky Zhuang brings his talent and experience to the Westin Brand. Over the past 30 years, his career path spans Xiamen, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Fuzhou. A Xiamen native himself, Zhuang intends to elevate the guest experience in ways that he says, “build an enduring love for our hotel.”

SHENZHEN

The Lounge Launches Flowery Teatime for Spring

From the start of March to the end of April, The Lounge at Sheraton Shenzhen Nanshan is offering afternoon tea inspired by the blossoming flowers of springtime. Enjoy Jasmine and Pomelo Chocolate Cake, Osmanthus and Pear Cake and Roselle and Rose Cake with rich aromas and colorful motifs to bring you out of winter’s frigid grasp.

SHANGHAI

The Art of Drinking at the St. Regis Shanghai Jingan

The St. Regis Shanghai Jingan presents an exquisite new bar program to celebrate the art of drinking, featuring a selection of 15 cocktail recipes inspired by five New York neighborhoods and “The Violet Hour”, a ritual dedicated to celebrating the transition of day to evening, presented by talented bartenders throwing martinis.

GUANGZHOU

Yet to Open Guangzhou Marriott Hotel Nansha Welcomes New GM

Guangzhou Marriott Hotel Nansha proudly welcomes Eric Wang to the role of General Manager. Continuing an illustrious career with Sheraton properties and the opening of Aloft Guangzhou Tianhe, Wang intends to make a splash with the June opening of the Marriott in the Greater Bay Area.

A Skincare Flavored Afternoon Tea at the Jing An Shangri-La

From now through mid-August, the Jing An Shangri-La launches the co-branding afternoon tea in partnership with the German luxury skincare brand Augustinus Bader. Taking inspiration from Augustinus Bader’s classic ‘The Rich Cream,’ the creative culinary team has prepared a menu that focuses on ingredients that are known for their beneficial skincare properties. Lemon Scented Yoghurt Mousse Tart with Cucumber Caviar, Green Tea and Coconut Tofu Cheesecake, Olive Oil Bavarian with Red Wine Blueberry Compote and a Chicken Mushroom Avocado Sunflower Roll provide a luxurious addition of omegas, minerals and vitamins to rejuvenate the skin while relaxing the mind.

SCHOOL NEWS

SHANGHAI

Hurun Founder Rupert Hoogewerf Kicks off Dulwich Horizons 2022

Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong were thrilled to kick off their 2022 Dulwich Horizons speaker series with none other than Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of The Hurun Report. Publisher of the annual China Rich List, The Hurun Report is one of the most influential business media outlets in China and around the world. Hoogewerf shared his personal story of entrepreneurship with a group of 12 high school students at a round-table discussion, sharing advice gathered from 20 years of experience with the aspiring entrepreneurs.

TEDx at Wellington

Wellington College International Shanghai pupils showed that they, too, have plenty of ‘ideas worth spreading’ with their recent TEDx Youth @ WCIS conference. This event was led and organized entirely by pupils. Under the theme of ‘Solve for X,’ eight pupils from Wellington’s Prep and Senior Schools planned, wrote, rehearsed and delivered presentations on subjects ranging from cellular biology, the construct of time, dealing fear and saving the environment.

SCIS Food Truck Fun

SCIS Grade Seven and Eight design students teamed up to create a food truck business. They designed their truck in Adobe Illustrator, made a logo, created a fictitious menu combining two cultures, then chose one item from that menu to cook for others. After three weeks of experimenting with ingredients, testing their culinary skills, and gathering feedback, students shared their creations with the school.

Dulwich Puxi Excels at FOBISIA Literacy and Numeracy Festival

Dulwich College Shanghai Puxi came first in China and 16th overall in Asia in the FOBISIA Primary Literacy & Numeracy Festival 2022. The event involved students from top British international schools across Asia. Students achieved remarkable individual scores; a testament to the strong foundations in literacy and numeracy they build in the College, and a credit to the hard work of the students and their teachers.

YCIS Girls in STEMM

Before the Chinese New Year break, 10 YCIS Secondary girls from Pudong and Puxi and four Science Department teachers came together for their first company visit to ExxonMobil as part of the Girls in STEMM program. Girls in STEMM is an initiative to help close the gender gap in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths, medicine) fields by engaging girls in STEMM early on. Students were selected based on their interest and passion for the initiative. In the upcoming two months, the students will visit another four top companies, including Henkel, Coco-cola, Merck and Dell.

Concordia Students Take on Real-World Marketing Challenge

Survival skills for the 21st Century are at the heart of the Applied Learning Business & Finance course at Concordia International School Shanghai. Students recently worked with local start-up Loop Swim to complete a marketing challenge. The high schoolers were tasked with creating a marketing strategy to launch a teen sustainable swimwear brand in China through e-commerce on a start-up budget. They also learnt that one can generate profits while at the same time being a positive driver of change in the world.

FOSHAN

Lady Eleanor Holles Hosts Open Day in March

School Day Open Day gives you and your families an awesome opportunity to gain a feeling for LEH and a broad picture of school life. Therefore, LEH Foshan cordially invites all prospective families to join us on Friday, March 11, to meet the Headteacher, tour the school and ask questions. Please register for one of the three periods that best fits your schedule.

GUANGZHOU

CIS Invites Partners and Sponsors for the Maker Faire in May

On May 13, the vibrant community of families, teachers and innovative students from the Canadian International School of Guangzhou will join the broader maker network in celebration of curiosity and creativity. CIS offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities that can be tailored for you to promote your brand and engage with this intriguing and insightful group. Email marketing@cisgz.com to inquire.

BSG Students Sleep Under the Stars

The British School of Guangzhou sent students hiking and camping for their Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh International Awards. The DofE helps young people build confidence and resilience while gaining unforgettable and enriching life experience.