Monica Tan

Monica Tan

Monica Tan is a Beijing-based writer, originally from Sydney, Australia. Formerly she was an internet tabloid journalist but these days can be found in Beijing, writing stories about China, travel and pop culture. She collects Chinese slang, swear words and internet speak on Weibo. She still can’t pronounce her own Chinese name correctly.

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My Recent Comments

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  Ode to the Chinese Male; and Lady Laowais Can Have Yellow Fever Too
  A good friend of mine – a true, blue Aussie sheila – has a thing for Asian guys. It annoys me when foreign women openly say Chinese guys simply aren’t attractive.
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  The Great Pretenders: China’s “Unfire-able” English Teachers
  The majority of China’s private ESL institutions are considerably less legitimate.These schools hire English teachers with one, basic requirement: a white face.
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  Fake Goods: An Australian-Born Chinese in China
  Which one of these 9 women is the foreigner? Chinese-Australian Monica Tan on being in China looking Chinese but with horrifyingly Australian accented Chinese.
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