Finding the past and my future in Xiamen. By Adam Loomis My name is Adam Loomis and I come from a small farm town in the United States of America. I’ve been living in Xiamen for seven years and working as an English teacher. Let me tell you how I got here and why I’ve […]

36. A Jar of Memories. By Natasa Vujicic About me I was born in Serbia and brought up in Montenegro. That is where I met my husband, who moved from Germany to start working in the same company as me. After a few years living in Belgrade, we decided to move to Hangzhou. We spent […]

35. Suburban Adventures. By Felix Kraemer Hi there! I am Felix from Germany and my China adventure began 10 years ago. In 2012, I was invited by a professor from Xiamen University to teach design workshops here for second year students. When I came to China first, I travelled with my German friend David. We […]

34. Nailed it! By Helen Bondarenko My name is Helen. I’m 29 years old, and I’m from Ukraine, from a small city named Zaporizhzhia. I have been living in China for more than 6 years and I bake the most delicious cakes! But it wasn’t always like that. One day there was a turning point […]

33. Shenzhen never bores you. By Edcia Alejandra Alcocer Carpio This story was adapted from an interview by Shenzhen Daily  conducted by Chen Xiaochun 陈晓纯 and Lin Jianping林建平 The story is available in Spanish, too. You may choose Spanish on the scroll-down menu on top Photos by Chen Xiaochun 陈晓纯 and Lin Jianping 林建平   Hi […]

32. A Time in Hangzhou. By Abdoulaye M’Begniga I am Abdoulaye M’Begniga (本尼卡). I come from Mali. I am currently a PhD student at Anhui Normal University in Wuhu, Anhui Province. However, the little story I want to tell you concerns a period that I spent in one of China’s beautiful cities, Hangzhou, between 2016-2018. […]