11/13/2015 Hello,   My name is Michael, from Melbourne, Australia and I am a recent Accounting Graduate. I have been in Shanghai for 4 months and have been studying Chinese at Miracle Mandarin for just…
11/11/2015 Singles’ Day is celebrated on November 11th. This is a day for people who are single. Why November 11? Because of the link between the number 1 and single people. This is a very famous day in China…
11/10/2015 I’m a 23 year-old girl from Ribeirão Preto – Brazil, graduated in International Relations and working as an import analyst. I am here in Shanghai to work for a month and I am enjoying the opportunity to…
11/09/2015 Shanghai is very unique in the fact that is a bustling international hub. There are many places to explore on any day of the week and meet new and interesting people. I’ve already visited and experienced…
11/09/2015 My name is Kit, I am from Bangkok, Thailand. I have been here since July 2015 and will be staying for at least one and a half years. What I like about Shanghai is that it is…
11/06/2015 First off is the big one: WeChat, in China this App is inescapable, everyone has it and everyone uses it, and I mean everyone, this App is like Whatsapp, Facebook, Tinder, Skype, Paypal and more rolled into…
11/04/2015 admin 1. Never stab your chopsticks into your rice: To the Chinese, this is linked with death. The reason being that it resembles the incense that they place at altars in order to show respect for the dead. 2. Whenever someone is offering you a present or a compliment refuse a number of…
11/02/2015 Miracle Mandarin (MM) is a Chinese school located on the 21st floor of 319 Changde Road which is just a stone’s throw away from Jing’An Temple in the heart of Shanghai. You will find the school is…
10/30/2015 Halloween is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical…
10/29/2015 Chopsticks are shaped pairs of equal length sticks that have been used as the traditional ancient kitchen and eating utensils in virtually all of East Asia for over six thousand years. Chopsticks were first used by the…