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HSK 2 to 5 in a year – Studying Chinese in Shanghai

April 9, 2020February 10, 2020 by Michael Liang

So you’re interested in studying Chinese in China? I spent all of 2019 living in Shanghai where I spent half a year studying Chinese at a private Chinese language institution and the other half doing a Chinese language university course … Read More

How to begin learning Chinese the right way, from someone that did it wrong

June 2, 2019 by Oliver Lees

When presented with the task of tackling the Chinese language, you’ll likely find yourself overwhelmed. Those Chinese characters are intricate and seemingly nonsensical, the monosyllabic speech form (meaning each character represents only one syllable) makes distinguishing differences in sounds near … Read More