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By inadvertently “saying the quiet part out loud,” three recent media gaffes have touched off public debate on questions usually left unspoken. For some Chinese social media users, these blunders

My original hometown may be Tampa, Florida, but my family relocated from there to Atlanta, Georgia in 2020. So this past July, I was finally able to take my whole

Picture yourself as a keen-eyed observer, noticing the subtle variations in expressions like “here” or “there,” your interest piqued by the dual forms of 这里/这儿(zhè lǐ/zhèr) and 那里/那儿(nà lǐ/nàr). This

Last week, I attended a one-week intensive mandarin language study program in Shanghai, put on by GoEast Mandarin . The basics were as follows: One week in Shanghai, staying in

Two weeks ago, I attended a one-week intensive Mandarin language study program in Shanghai by GoEast Mandarin. This is my review of their program. The first day of China Quest