08/20/2015 In the last 48 hours, our students eagerly bought textbooks, workbooks and other Chinese resources for 1 RMB each. One of them went away with 50 books. If you are in Shanghai in the next week, come…
08/20/2015 No. 1 Asia Building Built in 1916 and regarded as ‘the first mansion’, it is originally the McBain Building and housed the Shanghai offices of Royal Dutch Shell and the Asiatic Petroleum Company in the past.…
08/18/2015 Miracle Mandarin provides tailor-made 1 on 1 online classes. Students can learn Chinese anywhere, anytime.   Here are the video links:   Youku link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzQwMjI2MTY0.html Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KgRSaByU0w   During…
08/17/2015 The Qixi Festival (七夕节), is a Chinese festival that celebrates the annual meeting of the cowherd and weaver girl in Chinese mythology. It falls on the seventh day of the 7th month on the Chinese calendar, so…
08/13/2015 It’s universal that gifts are usually given to express respect, gratitude, friendship, love or hospitality. Chinese people do the same just as in many other countries in the world. The etiquette of Gift-giving in China may be…
08/11/2015 What is the HSK? HSK stands for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi. The new HSK is an international standardized exam that tests and rates Chinese language proficiency. It assesses non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities in using the Chinese language in…
08/06/2015 With well more than a billion speakers around the world, Chinese language, also known as Mandarin, is the most widely spoken language on Earth. As China has grown in power over the past several decades, there has…
08/05/2015 Shanghainese, also known as the Shanghai or Hu dialect, is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of Shanghai and in the surrounding region. It is classified as part of the Sino-Tibetan family of…
08/05/2015 One of the myths of the origin of Mahjong suggests that Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, developed the game in about 500 BC. The three dragon (cardinal) tiles also agree with the three cardinal virtues bequeathed by Confucius.…
08/05/2015 A Mandarin teacher in Shanghai has found a unique way to use WeChat (or Wexin) to advance her students’ communication skills. The program at Miracle Mandarin Shanghai is the first of its kind worldwide to use China’s…