Articles in Tips and Guides

Advice for the hot summer in China by Lao Guo

Summer is the best season for Yang energy and human metabolism. With these health tips you can make it through the hottest days of summer.

2 Jul 2015
By Hutong School

How To Survive Your First Days In China

A country as vast, as different and as populated as China, can be wildly overwhelming during your first days. Life in China isn’t always logical or simple.

3 Jun 2015
By Hutong School

How to start learning Chinese?

You shouldn’t let a prevailing misconception like “Chinese is the most difficult language in the world” get in your way. Go for it with our "how to" guide

11 May 2015
By Hutong School

What do you know about drinking in China?

When you order a drink in China, asking for whiskey may not get you whiskey. Drinking culture in China is different to that of the West. How so? Read on!

24 Jul 2014
By Hutong School

Martian Script: A Guide to Chinese Language on the Internet

Particularly in the earlier days of the Internet, the online world was not an accommodating place for the Chinese language.

3 Jul 2014
By Hutong School

Mandarin - How to Study the World’s Most Frustrating Language...

Like any good therapist, I get out a notebook and start asking the patient some questions. How do you feel when you think about learning Chinese?

13 Nov 2013
By Hutong School