GoEast is almost ten years old. In these years we’ve taught over ten different HSK courses (and much more) to tens of thousands of students, many of who rated us ten out of ten. (See what we’re doing here?) Call it celebrating, call it giving back — but we’re running a short campaign with ten […]
Have your own website? Read on! If you have an existing website or blog (not social media like Instagram), we hope you can write about your Chinese language learning process; the ups and downs; the goals achieved and the goals yet on the horizon; the materials you’ve used and the teachers who teach you. Plus […]
Modern life in China is moving further and further away from traditional values and traditions, one of which is arranged marriages. They still exist but many young Chinese people are following their heart rather than their parents’ wishes when it comes to long-term relationships.
Chinese students’ reputation outside of China is that they are all good in mathematics and spend most of their time memorizing formulas and facts.
Shanghai is notoriously one of the most expensive real estate markets in the world. With the largest urban population in the world, it’s no wonder.
As a foreigner visiting a Chinese family, there may be many things that you will do or say that are considered weird because they are different from Chinese customs.
Finding a place to live is difficult in every big city but Shanghai is one of the hardest.
Mountains feature prominently in Chinese art and culture, particularly ink paintings depicting jagged peaks rising in the mist and clouds.
China is a very safe country with one of the lowest murder rates in the world. The most common problem is, fortunately, limited to petty theft and scams to get money from people, especially foreigners.
China has one of the oldest currencies in the world and now, also has the most widespread high-tech methods of payment with everyone from street vendors to hospitals accepting payments with your phone using WeChat and Alipay.