Author Archive | Ben

This week on our Lessons in Learning Chinese series we are happy to feature Phil Beckwith.  Without further adieu,

“My name is Philip Beckwith.

Another month of bringing you Twitter’s best daily Chinese word and phrases tweets! All you have to do is follow us on Twitter (…

For the first time in this Lessons in Learning Chinese series, we will be featuring not a learner of the Chinese language, but …

Another classic newbie rut.

Like “喜欢“， ”非常” (fēi cháng) is a word beginners learn to embrace early.  It is an …

Perplexing language mistakes.  Bewildering cultural chasms.  Head scratching conundrums. Learning Chinese, it can often feel as if you are simply jumping …

In this installment of No Nonsense Newbie Tips, we want to help our readers escape the 喜欢 (xǐ huan) rut.

Found in chapter …

Today we feature Greg Bell.  Originally from New Jersey, he went to college in Michigan, then proceeded half way around the world to  …