Many well-known electronic brands, such as Lenovo and parts for numerous other brands are still made in China. Shenzhen, a city in the south, boasts its own electronics district where thousands of sellers tout mobile phone screens, flash drives, and custom spec desktop computers. Also located in Shenzhen, is one of the biggest Foxconn factories… Read More
This week Nora tells all about having a baby in China (don’t worry there’s no gore!) If you want to ask us a question just go to our voicemail page and leave us your question! In This Episode We Talk About… An email from Allen in Winnipeg Teaching as an retired foreigner Why foreign women… Read More
The New Year is often when people decide to spring clean, and do those DIY projects they’ve been putting off for months. Below is a list of vocabulary and phrases that you can use to describe household chores and DIY activities. Spring Cleaning Verbs 洗 (xǐ) can be used as a verb to describe the action ‘wash’…. Read More
It will only take [est_time] to read this post! This article is not going to teach you how to ‘Feng Shui’ your home, or tell you where to place your cacti, but will explain how I essentially went from ‘this is weird’ to kind of getting Feng Shui and what it means within Chinese culture…. Read More
During and after the Chinese New Year, it is common to open new businesses, buy a new home, or get married in China. Since it’s that time of year again, you can try out some of these phrases to celebrate and congratulate people on their prosperous New Year to come. Of course, many of these… Read More
It will only take [est_time] to read this post! Cultures all over the world have their own superstitions that to an outsider might seem peculiar. Friday 13th is said to be the ‘unluckiest day of the year’ for many people in the west, whilst the number 17 is unlucky in Italy. Superstitions do not just… Read More