The contours of chance (My story of 缘分 with China) By Violeta Nadurille Violeta wrote this story also in Spanish. Choose “Spanish” on the scroll-down menu above. There is, in Chinese, a concept called yuánfèn (缘分). It refers to the belief that there are facts that come together for something to happen, a kind of
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Neighborly. By Paige Kuhn It was a hot, summer day in 2015, and I’d hardly been in China for more than a couple of months. I was walking up to my apartment building during a break between classes when a woman shouted at me from the stairway of my six-floor walkup. “美女!!!” She waved at
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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
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“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
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“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
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“Xiamen fever” by Maria Malakhova My name is Maria Malakhova, I am from Siberia, Russia. I have been in Xiamen for almost 8 years. On the way home for a break, I stopped in Beijing for a day to visit the Great Wall, so I didn’t have to answer questions like “How come you haven’t
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“Guangzhou – my home in South East China” by Holly Ann Hello! My name is Holly Ann, I am from England in the United Kingdom (UK). Today, I am going to talk to you about my home away from home in Zengcheng, Guangzhou. In 2015, I met a guy in Manchester, who was moving
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At Home in the Classroom by Sam Keir Getting to Xiamen I am a bit of a self-confessed teaching geek. Both my parents, a sister, uncle and in-laws work in various education roles in the UK. My teenage-self swore I would never be a teacher because of this! By accident or design, I find
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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
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Peacefulness is Home to Me. By Ali Adat My name is Ali. I was born in 1993 and was raised in Yemen in a small city called Aden. I am fluent in 5 languages, namely Arabic, English, Chinese, Swahili and Hindi-Urdu. Since the war started in my country I could not stay because it
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