And The Award Goes To...


If you haven’t heard, for the 4th year in a row now, we’ve won That’s Beijing’s Reader’s Choice for ‘Mandarin School of the Year’! We want to thank everyone who voted for us again this year for this award. With so many Mandarin schools out there, we’re happy to know that we have so many happy students year after year.

Hutong School has always placed great emphasis on using a personalized approach to Chinese learning. Every student at Hutong School has a one-on-one level assessment and study plan. We believe in small classes to learn Chinese and teachers who will adapt both topics and methods of interest and ambition of each student to ensure that classes are relevant and motivating. Our teaching method separates spoken Chinese and character recognition, which has been proven to fasten Chinese language learning.

Winning this award for the 4th year in a row has been an absolute honor for us. Without our students, alumni, and the community we would not be here today. We want to give a big thank you to all our amazing students and alumni for supporting us. It’s been an amazing ride and we’re excited to continue to transfer our knowledge and passion about Chinese language learning to all our dedicated students!



If you want to see for yourself what makes Hutong School such a catch, get in touch and start your adventure with us today!

Interested in learning more about us? Read what our alumni Michael and Laura have to say about their own Hutong School experiences in Shanghai and Beijing.



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Hutong School is now operating as That’s Mandarin. Now you can expect the same great Chinese lessons with access to online Chinese learning platform NihaoCafe.
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