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In a striking turnaround, China has surged back into the global expat spotlight, landing 6th place overall in InterNations’ 2025 Expat Insider ranking. Read more>>
While you may love your fake Uggs (Fuggs?), pirate TV box and wonky "Louis Vuitton,” there are a few things that you really shouldn't scrimp on as an expat in China. ... Read More>>
Your first few months as an expat in China can be overwhelming. Whether you’re only here for a semester or are likely to stay for several years, here are some ways to make your first few months in China easier. ... Read More>>
The path to speaking fluent Chinese is a long and rocky one. While everyone has their own methods, techniques and tactics, no matter what level you’re at, there are some definite Dos and Don’ts of learning Chinese. ... Read More>>
While some Chinese may be overeager to make your acquaintance, you’ll find befriending coworkers, classmates, neighbors, or whoever, may take a bit more work. Here are a few ways expats can find and keep Chinese friends. ... Read More>>
Working in a Chinese office can be quite the culture shock, but teaching in Chinese schools is arguably more so. Here are a few important points to know about the Chinese education system. ... Read More>>
Many of us experience extreme culture shock when we first move to China. But over time, we somehow learn to adapt. Before we know it, we realize we’ve picked up the local customs and habits. ... Read More>>
We’ve all heard about the habits we should avoid picking up as an expat living in China, but what about those things we should learn? ... Read More>>
Not all sports are made equal when it comes to making local friends in China. Here I bring you five of the best for this specific purpose. ... Read More>>
Even thought he died more than 2,000 years ago, Confucius still often comes up in conversations about Chinese behaviour and the Chinese psyche. ... Read More>>
I asked a diverse group of expats to share what they most disliked about living in China. Here are the results: ... Read More>>
I spoke to a bunch of China expats to find out what they like most about their lives here. ... Read More>>
Whether in a social or work setting, expats in China often find themselves awkwardly thrown together with a group of locals and at a loss as to how to build camaraderie. ... Read More>>
Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is a far cry from the bright lights of the country’s first-tier cities. Here I bring you a day in the life of an ESL teacher in Urumqi, China. ... Read More>>
Just because most of us can’t travel abroad right now, doesn’t mean you can’t get a taste of the exotic right here in China. ... Read More>>
Given that daily meat consumption is a fairly modern phenomenon here in China, many of the tastiest and simplest dishes are entirely meat-free. Here I bring you five amazing vegetarian/vegan Chinese dishes that are easy to cook at home. ... Read More>>
China has developed at an unprecedented rate since it opened to the world in the early 80s. Many of the gripes and complaints that some of us expats had when we first arrived have disappeared in the intervening years. ... Read More>>
One of the most important features of WeChat is the numerous and varied groups and accounts offering a wealth of information about China. Below is a short list of WeChat accounts that I think will be most useful to expats in China. ... Read More>>
Here, an Old China Hand shares her story of what life was truly like for an expat in China in the 1980s. ... Read More>>
Beijing is to begin trialling a system whereby passengers with good social credit ratings are exempt from security checks at the city’s subway stations. ... Read More>>
Recommendations for more public holidays proposed at China’s Two Sessions government meeting have been met with enthusiasm by scholars. ... Read More>>
With the help of my Chinese friend Lily, here I bring you an introduction to the basic principles of Chinese and offer up some essential Mandarin phrases for new China expats. ... Read More>>
A proposal to remove English from compulsory education in China has been raised at this year’s Two Sessions government meeting in Beijing. If adopted, the move could see the need for foreign English teachers in China diminish dramatically. ... Read More>>
China’s ICBC bank this week sent a memo to employees outlining how they should behave with colleagues of the opposite sex. ... Read More>>
It often seems that everyone in China has decided to descend onto the very same streets, creating a wide range of transit hazards that are to be avoided at all costs. ... Read More>>
Here I bring you a day in the life of my job as an English teacher in Zhuhai, China. ... Read More>>
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