Appreciating China’s Invisible Army of Ayis
China’s invisible army of service personnel In our daily life in a small town in…
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Dancing for Health at BJU’s New Center for Family Medicine and Integrative Healthcare
I remember arriving in Beijing with a nagging pain in my back. I ignored it.…
5 FREE Online University Courses for Learning Mandarin Chinese
In the three years I’ve lived in Beijing, I must confess that I haven’t once…
How much culture is in food?
Three months ago, my toddler son and I attended a party held by one of…
China’s Marriage Pressure: A Foreign Perspective
“There are three forms of unfilial conduct, of which the worst is to have no descendants”, Mencius These past few weeks, while the…
Battling for Bilingualism
“I don’t remember how to speak Chinese,” my 4-year-old daughter whispered to me while video…
Why Should My Child Learn Chinese Calligraphy?
For our column, Ask an Educator, we turn to educators, whether teachers, tutors, or principals,…
Chinese Phrases For Fending Off Paparazzi When You Have Children
Editor’s Note: Updated with corrections 9/25/2016. One of the complaints tourists and expats have in…
Pick a Book at Beijing’s Peekabook Libraries
Be it children’s books in either English or Chinese, Peekabook has a little page-turner for…
Rental Health: The crucial questions to ask before renting your home, and a checklist of what to look for
LOCATION Where’s the nearest _________? 最近的_______在哪儿? Zuìjìn dì ________ zài nǎr? • subway station 地铁站…