Making mistakes when learning Chinese – or any new language – is inevitable and all part of the learning process. But there are a few common mistakes when learning Mandarin that you can keep in mind a…
16/08/2022
Language Learning
In the first part of our UNESCO series, we covered two amazing, must-see places in China – the Great Wall of China and Nine Villages Valley. With over 50 sites in China officially recognised as World …
16/07/2022
Tourism
With a huge variety of locally-produced goodies to discover, China is a shopping lover's paradise. There are plenty of modern shopping centres, but if you want to shop like a local, you’ll want to hit…
15/06/2022
Culture
When do three men make a tiger? When they’re part of a Chinese idiom. Chinese idioms are often known as 成语 ‘chéngyǔ’, and are usually made up of four characters. They can either be a non-literal fi…
17/05/2022
If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you’ll know how much we advocate for learning languages in their country of origin. After all, there’s no faster way to learn something than to be immers…
17/04/2022
Others
You might already know about lucky and unlucky numbers in China. But do you know why they’re considered ‘good’ or ‘bad’, and how they’ve evolved into a modern-day code for communication? For exampl…
22/03/2022
Chinese Mandarin is often considered one of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn. Not just because the writing system is so different, but because your mouth and voice make very differe…
15/02/2022
Founded in 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) aims to strengthen international relationships through promoting cultural diversity. To date, there ar…
12/01/2022
Beyond a form of writing, Chinese calligraphy is a form of art – and has been considered one of the most important forms of Chinese art for literally thousands of years. In fact, the integration of po…
21/12/2021
With an ancient civilization dating back thousands of years, an enormous landmass of about 9.6 million km² and 56 ethnic groups, it’s no surprise that China has hundreds of different dialects still sp…
18/11/2021
