Laowai Chinese 老外中文

Happy National / Mid-Autumn / Mooncakes / Make-up class on a weekend Festival(s) Everyone! I know, I know: I’m a little late. But it was walking around town during the holidays with a friend that inspired to write this post. During the “Golden Week” festivities I saw no end of sales and special promotions. This seems […]

I usually don’t blog about personal stuff, but I thought my summer plan might be of general interest, especially since I’m hoping a new book will come out of it. My friend Adrian (of Jiaozi and Panda fame) and I are going to be travelling around China for 30 days, attempting scavenger-hunt-like challenges for something […]

For a shockingly non-hanzi-focused blog, this post may seem a bit out of “character.” I was inspired to write this as I was wandering around China recently (within the last year) and actually found myself saying, “Wow! It sure helps to be able to recognize a few characters while traveling.” I’m not talking about those […]