4 Things Asia Does Better Than The U.S.

During my time in San Diego, California, a lot of great things happened: I got my Bachelor’s degree and met the love of my life. However, I knew I would be happier living in Asia and moved back to China in May this year. Now that I am in the US for a business trip,…

Why You Should Move To A New City Where You Don’t Know A Single Soul

A while ago, I read an article published by Elite Daily called “Why You Should Move To A New City Where You Don’t Know A Single Soul”. The title seemed very intriguing and spoke to me. I had just, again, moved to a place I didn’t know anyone a few months ago and wanted to…

My Start Into A New Life: Moving To China in 10 Days!

You may remember that I graduated this year from university in San Diego. I got my Bachelor’s degree and now I am ready to move on and start a new chapter of my life: working! This is going to be such an exciting time of my life: moving out, start working full-time and live in…

An Insight in the Hakka 客家 Culture

One of my readers recently requested a detailed post about the Hakka culture. Fu is part of this culture and I mentioned a few details about this culture in earlier posts already. “Hakka” is a term that identifies a certain sub-group of the Han Chinese. Ususally, Hakka people can be found in the provinces of…

My Year 2013 in Pictures

Here it is, my personal recap for 2013! It was a great year, but I’m sure 2014 is going to be even more awesome! Watch out for my “New Year’s Resolution for 2014” in the next days! In 2013, I only spent about 6 weeks in my home country Germany. I spent the rest of…

Last Christmas… 上个圣诞节…

Christmas is only a couple of days away and I started reminiscing about last year’s Christmas in China. One year ago, I got to spend Christmas in Guangzhou, away from my family. This was the first Christmas I spent with friends instead of family. But it was not a bad Christmas at all. If you…

Guangzhou Evergrande’s Hottest Players

Guangdong’s capital’s soccer club has caused an international sensation recently. The team became the first ever Chinese soccer team to win the AFC Champions League title in 2013. Guangzhou and whole China is proud and more and more ladies, foreign and Chinese, enjoy watching the local team play. Tomorrow, the Guangzhou Evergrande (广州恒大 Guǎngzhōu Héngdà)  is playing…

China’s Tattoo Industry Is Emerging

On Sunday I visited the Tattoo Convention in San Diego, California when I made an interesting discovery. All of the tattoo artists came from the U.S. – except for one. One tattoo booth was from China/Taiwan: China Ink. With tattoo parlors in Shanghai and Taipei, China Ink came overseas all the way to San Diego…

Heyuan: One of China’s Hidden Treasures

Since China is such a huge country, there are thousands of unique places to travel to. From the big cultural sights in Beijing and Xi’an over great landscape in Guilin and Yangshuo to developed metropoles like Shenzhen: The Middle Kingdom offers something for everyone. However, there is one place that unites culture, landscape and city…