Author name: Taylor Hartwell

Taylor is from Washington, D.C. and has been living in Beijing for the past two years to confuse his friends and family. When he’s not eating street food, he occasionally does some writing and tries to marginally improve his Chinese. You can find him at Re Orient Yourself

The New Foreigner-Grading System in China

To say that China is a *bit* homogenous is something of an understatement. If you’ve never been here, allow me to briefly bore you with some statistics: There are nearly 1.4 billion people living in the People’s Republic of China. Of those, well over a billion (roughly 93%) are Han Chinese, and the vast majority …

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Why is English so hard for Chinese people?

As we’ve discussed in a previous article (Why Native English is Worth its Weight in Gold in China), learning English is something of a priority for the Chinese. But, despite all the time, money, and effort, China just can’t seem to produce very many competent ESL speakers. The flip side is no different; Chinese is …

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and “Love” the Smog in China

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and “Love” the Smog in China

This article was written by Taylor Hartwell of Re Orient Yourself If you’ve ever visited China, been on the internet, or read a newspaper, you might be aware that there’s a bit of an air quality issue here. And by “issue,” I mean choking layers of toxic smog that make the wasteland of Mad Max …

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