• Studying Chinese

    How to learn Chinese pronunciation

    Learning how to pronounce Chinese is one of the first big challenges you encounter when you decide to learn Chinese. The size of the challenge depends on your native language and if it has any similarities with Mandarin or not.…

  • Raising a child in China

    Raising bilingual kids in China

    No matter if we are married to Chinese or just live in China with out family, all of us expats here come accross the issue of raising bilingual kids in China. Today I have guest post from Charlotte Edwards Zhang, she is…

  • Living in China

    Finding a new ayi

    So it was only a few months ago when I wrote how to find a nanny and here I am again, writing how to find a new nanny! It turned out that one thing even harder than finding a good…

  • Work in China

    How to teach English in China

    Blog post sponsored by EF English First I often get questions on how to teach English in China. To help answer these questions I have recently had the chance to contact EF English First, one of China’s largest English language…