Thanks to COVID-19, internships are pretty much on hold this year, along with entire study abroad programs.

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It’s amazing how healthy Chinese food can be, but also how unhealthy (and dropping in oil, we might add).

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Believe it or not, there are some internships in China which actually make use of foreingers’ Chinese skills!

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Would it have been too much to call that report a “TPS“ report? Yeah, probably… China, like everywhere, has its fair share of bosses constantly nagging employees for reports.

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Using “PPT” instead of “Powerpoint presentation” is one easy business Chinese “word” that super easy to acquire! Get in on that filename extension slang action!

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Ah, the slow old office computer… a staple of office humor, and just as true in China as anywhere else!

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In a country obsessed with the awesomeness of its own cuisine, you can bet that any business trip to Chengdu is at least partly interconnected with hot pot.

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Overtime culture is a big part of many Chinese office environments, whether it’s staying late on a work night to “look busy” until the boss leaves, or coming in on the weekend to finish that big project.

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We all have mixed feelings about both working from home and working in the office, right? The grass is always greener, and the other working environment is always better…

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I think we’ve all had those uncertain “little talks” with the boss at one point or another. These are usually indicated with the phrase 谈谈 (tán-tan) in Mandarin Chinese.

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Does wearing multiple face masks seem crazy? It’s not uncommon to see someone wearing two in Shanghai, in these times of COVID-19.

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The mad rushes for face masks and the wearing face masks for everything we do is mostly behind us. But not too long ago it was really like this!

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