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7 Best Resources For Learning Chinese

Posted March 15, 2018 by Cara Crawford

This post has been updated 3 years after it was written at the start of my Chinese studies. I stopped studying after reaching intermediate level language proficiency and passing the HSK Level 4 language test (level 6 being the most advanced) 1.5 years after the start of my studies. About a...

5 Best Chinese New Year Budget Travel Destinations To Escape The Crowds

Posted February 02, 2018 by Cara Crawford

Picking a vacation destination to travel over Chinese New Year poses a unique set of obstacles. All of China shuts down for a week around this time, which is awesome because that means even foreigners like us get a free week of vacation, and bad because, well, EVERYONE gets a free week of vacatio...

2017: Our Most Adventurous Year Yet

Posted January 01, 2018 by Cara Crawford

2017 is fading fast my friends. It’s been a great year, but honestly, we’re less sad to see it go and more excited to bring on another new year. Why? Because 2018 marks our final year in China! This means we have one more year to pack in all the crazy Chinese adventures we can before hitting the ...

Should You Become an Expat? How to Decide if Moving Abroad is the Right Decision for You

Posted November 29, 2017 by Cara Crawford

According to Wikipedia, an expatriate or expat for short “is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship…the term often refers to professionals or skilled workers sent abroad by their employers…[but] is also used for retirees an...

8 Books You Must Read Before Coming to China

Posted September 01, 2017 by Cara Crawford

You’ve decided to come live and work abroad in China. Now what? Between all the logistics, contract signings, apartment hunting, and nights spent crying in a ball on the floor reevaluating your life choices (oh, wait, that was just me…anyway…) you’ve probably had some sort...

10+ Tips for Surviving Life as an Expat Wife

Posted July 19, 2017 by Cara Crawford

Let’s face it, moving abroad is scary, especially when you’re about to become a trailing spouse. Especially scary for those of us trailing spouses who have quit our jobs to follow our partners around the world. Between the culture shock, the lack of any sort of regular schedule, the l...

The Best VPN for China: VPN.AC Review

Posted June 30, 2017 by Cara Crawford

* This post contains some affiliate links. Without a doubt, the most asked question by any expat living in China is “what VPN works best?” (or some version of that). In lieu of the fact that this question has been asked about a million and one times on just about every expat Facebook group that ...

The Expat’s Guide to Taobao Part 5: Returns & Exchanges

Posted May 16, 2017 by Cara Crawford

Table of Contents You are currently reading post #5 in the 5 part series: The Expat’s Guide to Taobao Taobao Explained How to Set Up Taobao Making Your First Taobao Purchase How to Use Taobao Refunds & Returns Occasionally on Taobao, as with life, shit hits the fan. Your item never ...

The Expat’s Guide to Taobao Part 4: How to Use Taobao

Posted April 27, 2017 by Cara Crawford

Table of Contents You are currently reading post #4 in the 5 part series: The Expat’s Guide to Taobao Taobao Explained How to Set Up Taobao Making Your First Taobao Purchase How to Use Taobao Refunds & Returns Now that you’ve got your account and payment info all set up, it’s time to...

The Expat’s Guide to Taobao Part 3: Making Your First Purchase

Posted March 30, 2017 by Cara Crawford

Table of Contents You are currently reading post #3 in the 5 part series: The Expat’s Guide to Taobao Taobao Explained How to Set Up Taobao Making Your First Taobao Purchase How to Use Taobao Refunds & Returns Now that you’ve made an account it’s time to start buying all the things! ...

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Expat Life

7 Best Resources For Learning Chinese

5 Best Chinese New Year Budget Travel Destinations To Escape The Crowds

2017: Our Most Adventurous Year Yet

Should You Become an Expat? How to Decide if Moving Abroad is the Right Decision for You

8 Books You Must Read Before Coming to China

10+ Tips for Surviving Life as an Expat Wife

The Best VPN for China: VPN.AC Review

The Expat’s Guide to Taobao Part 5: Returns & Exchanges

The Expat’s Guide to Taobao Part 4: How to Use Taobao

The Expat’s Guide to Taobao Part 3: Making Your First Purchase

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