Click here to discover what Chinese courses that we recommend at the moment! I’ve already discussed in my plan to learn Chinese how I prefer to rely on the “context” while learning a language. This post tells how, when I started to study Mandarin again some months ago, I was able to fix forever on […]
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Note: If you are only interested on getting a free quotation for a travel insurance, then we recommend World Nomads (click here to get your free quotation). Travel Insurance for China – Index Why do I need an health insurance when I travel to China? Hospitals in China Privacy at the hospital in China What
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The Mount Hua (or Huashan) is one of the mandatory visits when you are travelling to Xi’an. The Mount Hua is located 120 kilometres from Xi’an so if you want to enjoy a visit without hustle you may want to spend a night or two in Weinan, a small city located in the base of
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Pattaya is one of the most famous touristic spots in Thailand and is worldwide known for its beaches and nightlife. Pattaya have plenty of accommodation to offer, but is quite normal to end up in a expensive and low quality hotel or too noisy. Unless you’re not planing to sleep during your stay, you should
Luoyang located in the Chinese province of Henan is one of the cradles of Chinese Civilization and one of the ancient Capitals of China and it is a famous touristic spot within China. However, it isn’t a famous place to visit by international tourists. This is the reason why choosing a good hotel in Luoyang,
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In this article we’ll only review hotels close to the China Import and Export Fair Complex (or Canton Fair Complex), which is located in the Pazhou island, Guangzhou. If you’re interested in a hotel in Guangzhou city center or near the airport, click here. Reviews of Luxury hotels (5 Star) near the Canton Fair Complex
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This article was writter by TutorMandarin, an online Chinese tutoring service that helps students how to speak Mandarin using an their Android mobile app and PC Software. P.S. Click here to jump directly to an interesting infographic that showcases the most common Chinese surnames for each Province. Naming is an absolutely integral part of Chinese
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A Chinese group tour (the guy with the flag is the tour guide) Last year I spent some months in Chiang Mai, Thailand. But China follows me everywhere. Or at least, this is the impression I got: there were Chinese tourists at every corner, every restaurant and every coffee shop.
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I was climbing with my friend José in an indoor gym one bitterly cold Tuesday in Shanghai when he gave me bad news. “Hey, I have news. I’m moving to Yangshuo to rock climb and learn more Chinese.” We had been climbing partners for a couple months, which can be hard to find. He was
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I’m writing this article from Hangzhou, a beautiful city located on the east coast of China, not far from Shanghai. This year was my first year as a student in a university in China. Last March I applied for a Chinese government scholarship and now I find myself here counting down to my return to
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We’ve received and published this article written by Camilla Fatticcioni, author of the blog “Per Quel Che Ne So Io“. The history behind how Buddhism came to the region of Gansu I’ve always been fascinated by the stories of “Il Milione” by Marco Polo, about his adventures along the historic Silk Road that crosses all
This article was written by AsiaPropertyHQ.com, a website that helps Asian investors who wish to purchase properties abroad. If you buy property in Europe or the US, you can be fairly sure that your property investment will appreciate, and that you will find a tenant to pay monthly rent. Now, if you can find somebody
Study Chinese in Memphis – Index The Chinese community in Memphis Public schools in Memphis Private schools in Memphis General suggestions The Chinese community in Memphis Memphis has a relatively small Chinese community compared with other cities in the country, consisting of less than 2,000 people. In addition, many of the Chinese residents in the
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Phi Phi Island (in Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี) is an archipelago of six islands, the largest of which are Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Leh, located in the southern part of Thailand, in the Andaman Sea. Having been chosen as the location of the Leonardo di Caprio film “The Beach”, Phi Phi Island (even though there
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300 kilometers from Bangkok there’s one of the biggest and most beautiful islands in Thailand: the Island of the Elephants, or as it is commonly called in Thai, Koh Chang. This natural paradise is one of the few islands that rises up in the southeastern part of the Gulf of Thailand, almost at the border
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Last month I visited the Miho Museum, in Japan. It’s an exhibition building located to the southeast of Kyoto, near the city of Shigaraki. This article is not however a tourist guide, there’s no train prices, schedules, detailed road directions or things like that. For that sort of information there are already many sites, like
China is a big place. Everyone knows this – you just need to look at it on a map. There’s a huge wealth of different climates, cuisines, and age-old customs across this one land, just waiting to be discovered. But if your main reason for travelling to China is to immerse yourself in the Chinese
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As a straight white male born into a comfortable situation on the East Coast of the United States in the late 20th century, I thought I had a pretty decent understanding of my privileges; that is to say, all of them. If you were to line up every human being who’s ever lived in order
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Why immersion is important for learning Chinese It’s a fact that any language learner has probably heard hundreds of times. Immersion is the most efficient (and some would say the only) way to gain fluency in a target language, and Mandarin Chinese is no exception. But what do we actually mean by Chinese language immersion?
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I wonder whether in my situation she would lose face or not… Even if I wrote this article in 2012, we’re republishing it today because the topic is quite interesting This year I find my April fools joke on Repubblica.it, one of the most important Italian newspapers, while I taste my coffee and delete the
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