A BRITISH GIRL RESEARCHING THE TRENDS, TOPICS AND TALES IN AND AROUND CHINA
Let’s firstly just point out the huge elephant in the room – yes, Instagram is blocked in China. However, that…
Content Warning: The videos linked in this article contain adult languages and themes including sexual innuendo and adult language. Although…
Is it possible to explore the vast sights and sounds of one of the world’s largest cities within the time…
***Here be MV video spoilers*** (Jump to seventh paragraph to avoid personal reminiscing and story time). In all honesty I…
I’ve decided to write a short piece this morning on a little issue that’s been bugging me and my…
Weibo users in China have taken a nostalgic turn today due to the latest trending hashtag #MyFirstLoveHasGotMarried (#我的初恋，她结婚了#). The topic caught…
Sipping a smooth latte with floaty guitar music trilling in the background sounds like the staple of any trendy café…
Wandering into a local bookshop early one morning, my eyes fell on a copy of《而立24》, the debut autobiography/memoir of rising…
I was a few pages into Liu Cixin’s (刘慈欣) The Three-Body Problem when the piercing shriek of a high-street chain coffee…
The Fat Years (《盛世 中国 2013年》) is a book that attracts a variety of theme-demarcating phraseology. Words like “dystopia”, “scfi” and…
「杯子」用英语怎么说来着? Glass: 玻璃杯 (喝冷饮/果汁/可乐/啤酒) Cup: 小塑胶/纸杯 Flask: 保温瓶 (喝热水/茶) Flute: 玻璃杯 (喝香槟酒) Teacup: 小 (喝茶) Wine glass: 玻璃杯 (喝葡萄酒) Mug:…
It’s been a while since my last post about language learning, however, now that I’m back in the UK, I’ve…
Want to teach in China? I know, I know, it’s hard to choose when every corner of the internet seems…
In this project I snapped the many street-dogs of Hefei and Beijing that are left to wander of their own…
Recently I have been travelling through Northern Europe, but that doesn’t mean I’ve left my Chinese Studies at home, as…
Last week I decided to write a beginner’s guide to teaching English online, encouraging people to try it to build up their…
