In 1986 Joan Waller was invited to teach as a foreign expert at Wuhu Normal University; after two years teaching English there, she moved to Yunnan University, in Kunming, for two further years before moving to Hong Kong where she worked for the British Council in 1990-93. Throughout her time in China she travelled extensively, and since leaving has gone back frequently. She has written for English language magazines and textbooks in China, and has kept up-to-date with the country's recent development. Her collection of everyday artefacts from China is to form the basis of a wider collection at Birmingham Museum.

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In 1986 Joan Waller was invited to teach as a foreign expert at Wuhu Normal University; after two years teaching English there, she moved to Yunnan University, in Kunming, for two further years before moving to Hong Kong where she worked for the British Council in 1990-93. Throughout her time in China she travelled extensively, and since leaving has gone back frequently. She has written for English language magazines and textbooks in China, and has kept up-to-date with the country's recent development. Her collection of everyday artefacts from China is to form the basis of a wider collection at Birmingham Museum.