10 Tips For Responsible Travel During Public Holidays

With the pending holiday coming up for National Week (dubbed Golden Week) ImmerQi’s CSR Team want you to use this opportunity to not only experience this miraculous country but also share and practice responsible and eco-friendly travel! Pack bio-degradable toiletries. The ground water you may be contaminating is not your own. Reuse your water bottles […]

Don’t Lose Your Face Or Your Guanxi Will Fail Too

Every country has those aspects that effect the way things are done and make them different from everyone else. In china those aspects are Mianzi (face) and Guanxi (friendship/relationship), and they make some things in China completely different from elsewhere. Face is very important to a Chinese person, if you make someone “lose face,” you […]

The Importance Of Numbers In Chinese Culture

China and lucky numbers: Every culture had different superstitions and beliefs surrounding numbers. China does too and there are interesting reasons behind what makes a number lucky or unlucky… As numbers have always played an important role in China, we would like to introduce you to these numbers. The number 8 is famously lucky in China […]

A Thank You Letter From The Participant’s Parents

Recently we received a lovely Thank-You note from Eduardo’s parents addressing to Cassie, a senior staff of ImmerQi. Cassie Shu is from the magnificent Giuzhou Province who has worked for ImmerQi for six years. She started to work for Teach & Travel China program as a senior program advisor. After a few years, she got […]

To Go Or Not To Go, That Was The Question!

It has been a dream of mine for many years to travel (more) and teach in a foreign country but as we all know things always seem to get in our way! This was going to be my year! My year to do what I wanted to, my year to follow my dreams and as […]

First 24 Hours…

Almost everyone has arrived, has settled into their hotels and is starting to get to know each other. With the time difference in China and after a long flight, the participants would undoubtedly be tired and so today is a rest day. At breakfast, temperature checks were done followed by photos being taken for their […]

“the Great Wall Is Massive, Steep, Amazing, Incredible, Big And…… Great!”

Dreaming In Chinese: The One In Which I’m Soppy

We really liked our amazing Teach and Travel intern Silke Auwers’ blog post looking back at her month of teacher training in Beijing. It really sums up the intern experience and how crazy China is! Check out her full blog here.   Seeing as we’ve entered the last week and are all leaving to our […]

Getting Ambushed Into Rock Climbing: Volunteer Training Workshop

At ImmerQi, we place a lot of importance in promoting and investing in staff training and development, especially if this is combined with a wider commitment to local community initiatives. This is why we were so thrilled to be invited to the Volunteer Training Workshop organised by our friends at Huiling, a local non-profit organisation […]

Interning At ImmerQi

Hi my name is William. I’m 20 years old and part of the Sales and Marketing team of ImmerQi. I’m currently undergoing my internship with ImmerQi in Beijing as part of the placement year at Aston Business School! Usually applying for internships are incredibly hard and competitive, however I had offers coming from various places […]