Blog Tag - Expats

Cafe Creatures of Beijing: Which One Are You?
There is no shortage of cafés in Beijing. New ones seem to be popping up constantly, and where there's a café, there are café creatures. You're sure...
Seven Gym Archetypes You'll Encounter Here in China
When many of us expats first land in China, we think we can fix everything about our lives, and a common first step is joining a gym. Meeting gym...
What Kind of Beijing Expat Are You?
Beijing is a whole mix of ethnicities and cultures. You see people from all over the world have the time of their life in this city. It’s vibrant and...
A Sinologist/DJ/Teacher's Love for Beijing's Hutongs
Travel to the heart of Beijing and you will find yourself immersed within a labyrinth of winding alleyways and small shops. You will hear raucous...
No Foreigners Among Beijing's 31 Imported Cases So Far
Of the 31 reported cases of COVID-19 that have come in from overseas so far, all have been Chinese citizens and 27 were determined to be symptomatic...
北京欢迎你!Which Expat Has Made Beijing Truly Great for You?
Many of us call Beijing home, but at one time, most of us were simply tourists. And no matter how many friends, family members, and business...
Is This What It Feels Like to Finally Be an Expat?
As dozens of adults from around the globe sipped Coronas in a Sanlitun bar, pretending to know the lyrics to some Spanish pop song, I looked around,...
Beijingers Scoff at WSJ Claim Foreign Entrepreneurs Are “Heading Home”
Beijing entrepreneurs have responded with skepticism to a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article suggesting foreign businessmen were "heading home...
Throwback Thursday: Foreigners Making it Big in China
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
"Problems Black People Face In China"; Q&A With Controversial Vlogger "Mr. Wode Maya"
Imagine if you boarded a bus and no-one would sit beside you, or if you were rejected from a job for blatantly superficial reasons. Berthold Winkler...
Find Your Expat Ranking With Our Work Permit Scoring System Quiz
Earlier this fall we informed our readers about China's new work permitting regulations that will grade foreigners based on a points system, and...
10 Things I Hate About You: Readers Dish About Annoying Things Foreigners Do
I totally and completely understand the culture shock that happens which sometimes turns into cultural fatigue. But what has frustrated me is...
Calling All Brits in Beijing: Today (Feb 4) is Overseas Voter Registration Day, Register Before EU Referendum
May 27 is the deadline for UK expats living in Beijing to register if you're looking to vote by proxy (it is likely already too late to vote by post...
Beijing Ranks #118 Out of #230 In Mercer's "Quality of Living Rankings" For Expats
The annual Quality of Living Rankings from Mercer were released late in late February, and our fair city comes in at a middling no. 118 of the 230-...
Anything to Declare?
With a week left of our UK holiday, thoughts have turned to that all important question; what will we take back in our suitcases? When we first moved...