My Time in China: Redefining Home by Mea Andrews Hello everyone, I’m Mea Andrews and I’m an American living and working in Beijing. I just moved here from Chongqing, and I had been living there since 2017. I came to China for the same reasons I think most of expatriates can relate to; I wanted […]

“F**k, I’m American” by Joanne Ko                                                 Sure, culture shock happens on both sides of a shore.                                                 “Never go to China! You have no idea how dangerous China is. Promise me you will not go!”  Having grown up Chinese in America, I attracted a lot of speculation about what China and Chinese people are […]

“The ‘link’ between Xiamen and Medieval Europe!” By Daniel Mayers                  Hello everybody! I’m Daniel from London, UK. I’m a Chinese language undergrad student at Xiamen university, and I’ve been here for three years. I want to share a story about my unique hobby and how I managed to set it up in China! I […]

My unique person by Casey Ellzey   Hello, I am Casey Ellzey. I’m an American teacher, and I specialize in Asian history and early childhood education. I have been in China nearly three years now. My story isn’t an unlikely one, but it is one I never thought I would find myself in. My goal […]

Written by Gerhard Uys (Ace) from South Africa Back in 2017, whenever I heard the word ‘China’ I associated it with an enormous country with countless people and buildings and polluted air everywhere. I wanted to explore this enormous country, but I was also afraid of the unknown. Then my brave cousin took a leap […]