More Lessons and Podcasts to listen to and download.
This site offers basic survival Chinese lessons in the form of free online podcasts. There are Chinese lessons in mp3 format which you can download on your ipods and take along with you. Learn your first words and phrases in Chinese here.
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By breaking down the lessons into useful phrases, vocabulary and sentence structure analysis, experience has proven that most foreigners will learn enough to communicate with while in China. We have picked the most relevant expressions on every topics.
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Chinese Culture and Living in China - What to know
Culture shock is a term that is easily available out there. Well, it basically refers to the feeling a traveler gets when s/he visits another place or country and finds that local customs are quite different from his or her area of origin. Culture shock comes in a number of stages depending on how long a visitor decides to live in a foreign country. Most foreign visitors to China admit experiencing at least some form of culture shock. As far as I know, the best way to enjoy your travel abroad is to have a certain amount of tolerance stored somewhere in your mind prior to arriving in a foreign country. With tolerance and keeping an open mind, your experience abroad will end up being more fun and a great learning process.Most foreign visitors, especially visitors from western cultures, will be greeted by several dissimilarities in culture from day one of arriving China. Even more so if they are not visiting those highly developed and westernized cities like Shanghai, Shenzhen and the Hong Kong semi-autonomous region. On this site we have provided you with basic cultural tips and life in China, to make your experience a rich and rewarding one when you visit the country, or are in the midst of Chinese. Business travelers will find this especially useful as cross-cultural communication plays an important role, more than ever in the global world of business and travel. As you probably know, China has replaced the west as the most popular travel and business destination of the 21st century. There has been a geometric increase in the number of students, businessmen, job seekers and tourists heading towards China. With the upcoming Beijing Olympic games in 2008, the number of visitors are expected to quadruple before and after the games. Get more tips on Chinese culture here>>>
Travel in China : Photos and Videos of famous places
We have a modest collection of photos and videos based on our travel experiences in China. Get a first hand view of life in China as we take you through a cool photo gallery and video footage of different places visited. Visit this page now>>>
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