"I'd love it if you call me an artist, but I am not quite there yet. But that's what I want to do."
This is Jason Pym, a Brit who has been pursuing his dream of being an artist in China for 12 years. He and his wife also own a 60-square-meter café in the old town of Dali, Yunnan Province.
When I met him for the first time, he was giving English lessons to three Chinese primary school students at his café, which looks more like a bookstore.
Xiong Manshu, one of the students, said she likes to learn English with Uncle Jason, because she has so much fun during the lessons. Xiong Manshu's father says he has to pay only 40 yuan an hour for his daughter to take lessons here, far less than what other training centers charge, as Jason teaches not for the money but to do something good for the neighborhood.
"I want to provide my daughter lessons by native language speakers. The learning atmosphere here in Jason's café is very good, as Jason can speak both English and Chinese. I am a physics teacher, and I appreciate Jason's way of teaching."
Mr. Xiong says he hopes his daughter keeps taking lessons from Jason for a long while. But Jason says he is too busy to provide lessons every week, because he needs time for his painting and helping his Chinese wife, Cecilia, with running their cafe.
Jason has been in China for 12 years. He met Cecilia when he worked in Shanghai. They moved to Dali after they got married.
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