Language tips

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Getting by hassle-free

Learn the key phrase “bu yao”, meaning “don’t want”. This will become a set response to the numerous “hello bamboo?”; “hello bicycle?”; and even “hello banana?” invitations you will hear on an annoyingly frequent basis.

By sunflowerpetrov.

Communicating in China

China is English crazy: all the young are learning English. Actually, it’s part of the governments five year plan. But the older generation does not speak much English so when travelling in China you will need to communicate in Chinese. Usually in...

By Peter_Gyulay.

Unrestored Great Wall

If you want to avoid the crowds at the Great Wall, head to Huanghuacheng, about an hour or so north of Beijing. It is the only section of the Wall to dip into a lake, and is only just becoming known to Chinese tourists, still untouched by the Western...

By sunflowerpetrov.

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