China recently celebrated the Tomb Sweeping festival which is a national holiday where people pay respects to their ancestors and burn objects like money, cars, and clothes made from paper so that they can enjoy them in the afterlife. Our school was closed for a week to allow everyone to travel home so we took […]
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Adventure Train Ride in China: Guangzhou to Shanghai! Have you ever felt this urgent need to just hop on an airplane and see something completely different? I definitely have! That’s probably one of the main reasons why I joined the teach and travel program here in China. For the first month, I got to explore […]
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Q&A with ImmerQi Intern: Hisi Ko Before you take your first steps in China there are several must-do tasks that you need to complete. One of them – a major and not to underestimate – is the visa application. Please find below important questions that might be good to know and relevant for your new […]
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Sitting on the bus, daydreaming, then I look up. It hits me for the 100th time. I’m in China! The feeling is surreal. I was told it feels like you are in a dream like state when you are in China and it really does feel like that. It was late summer 2016 when I […]
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After flashing my nametag and being waved in by the security guards, I stepped into the conference. Towering flashy booths of China’s largest nuclear energy companies greeted me with 50-inch screens stuck in their walls and lit-up 3D models of nuclear plants. Company representatives stood behind candy dishes, stacks of brochures, and plastic business card […]
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My name is Emma Meroni and I am from Italy. I have divided my blog into 3 parts; my time in Beijing, my company and my business trip to Chengdu. Emma at the Forbidden City, Beijing My First Month in Beijing: I have been in China for more than a month now and my first […]
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My name is John Wilson Davis Jr. but I go by Jack. I’m twenty-one years old and I’m from Ypsilanti, Michigan in the United States. I attended the University of Wisconsin for two years before coming to China. I am part of the Teach and Travel China Winter 2016 program with ImmerQi. Picture of Jack […]
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Before I came to China, I knew it was big but it is hard to grasp the size until you arrive there. Fly 4 hours south from Beijing, you fly three hours west, still China. Having lived in Beijing for the last couple of weeks, I wanted to explore more of China and see how […]
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Hello, my name is Marissa and I am a half Scottish, half Brazilian student who is in love with China. In 2009, during my gap year, I spent 8 months in China with Teach and Travel China (TTC). My first month was spent in Beijing doing TEFL training, Mandarin lessons and other cultural activities and the […]
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