Sara Jaaksola

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  • About Me
  • Categories
    • My Life
    • Living in China
    • Guangzhou
    • Teaching Chinese
    • Studying Chinese
  • Chinese Lessons
  • Guangzhou

Top Posts & Pages

  • On Dating Chinese Men
  • Applying for a Chinese Green Card through a spousal route
  • Being a western woman in China
  • Why I'm not traveling to Finland anytime soon?
  • Getting married in China: The paperwork in Finland
  • So are Chinese people polite or not?
  • Getting married in China: Choosing the date
  • Being back home after two and a half years
  • Train travel in China
  • Living in China without ayi
  • Chinese Green Card

    Applying for a Chinese Green Card through a spousal route

    July 28, 2022 /

    After 12 years in China and being married to a local for 8 years, I have finally applied for and received my Chinese Green Card. The application process took around a year from preparing documents to applying and then waiting for the card for over half a year. Requirements can change and vary from city to city, but this is how I applied for a Chinese Green Card through the spousal route in Guangzhou in 2021/2022. To be eligible to apply you have to Been married for 5 years to a local Been living in China for 5 years, each year less than 3 months away Proof of income from…

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  • My Life,  PhD Studies

    Application sent! How I applied to a PhD programme in Finland

    March 24, 2022 /

    Last year I wrote about my big decision to apply to a PhD program in Finland. I just sent in my application last week and wanted to take the time to write down my experience from the idea to actually…

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  • PhD Studies,  Studying Chinese,  Teaching Chinese

    What makes someone motivated to learn Chinese?

    December 21, 2021 /

    My story My own journey of learning Mandarin Chinese is perhaps not the most usual one. My parents lived in Beijing in the 1980’s for a few years when my mother was working at the Finnish Embassy there. During their…

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  • Covid-19 Pandemic,  Living in China,  My Life

    Why I’m not traveling to Finland anytime soon?

    December 14, 2021 /

    Last time we visited Finland and saw my family was in August 2019, it’s been over 2 years now that I’ve seen my parents and my siblings. My niece is already over 1 year old and I have never seen…

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  • My Life,  PhD Studies,  Studying Chinese,  Teaching Chinese

    Taking a big step and pursuing further study

    October 27, 2021 /

    Since 2014 September I’ve been working as a Chinese language teacher and experienced the highs and lows of teaching a foreign language as a non native speaker. First year being unsure of my own capabilities while I was still a…

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