Li Ziqi’s short biography:

Nationality: Chinese
Native name: 李子柒 （Lǐ Zǐqī）
Born: July 6, 1990 (age 29)
Occupation: Chinesefood and country-life vlogger
Keywords: #Orphan #DJ #vlogger #Internet Celebrity 

Li Ziqi is a Vlogger who showcases Chinese food and living a traditional Chinese country-life. As an internet celebrity, she gets more and more popular on YouTube and Chinese social media like Weibo. Even though she lives in remote Sichuan, China, but she has more than 8 million subscribers overseas and another 20 million followers in China. Her followers praised her as a fairy with the Grace in Disneyland. Most of her followers outside China don’t even know any Chinese language, but they are all attracted tightly by the food, the handcraft skills, and especially her lifestyle. Countless praises come, and more people couldn’t help but wonder who she is and what she has been through.

Li ziqi’s story

Even she is now living in the dream life of many people, her life before fame was quite hard. Li Ziqi had a miserable childhood. After her parents divorced, she was abused by her stepmother. Since her father passed away, she became an orphan at a very young age. Afterward, her grandmother raised her in the remote Sichuan Mountains and gave the little girl lots of care and love. Before becoming a vlogger, she did various jobs including being DJ in bars. Later, her grandmother got sick which made her decide to move back to her hometown so that she could take care of her grandmother. The old lady who often appears in her videos is her grandmother. The love and bond between grandmother and granddaughter are also a part of her fairy tale.

What is Li Ziqi（李子柒）doing

In the beginning, Li Ziqi just wanted to help improve the sale in her Taobao online shop by shooting some traditional Chinese country-life videos. Gradually, she got more and more attention and then had her shooting team (one photographer and one assistant) to help create the videos. The vlog content is almost covering everything, including Chinese cooking, handcraft making as well as some culture exhibition.

Chinese cooking

From breakfast such as 豆浆 (dòujiāng / boiled soybean milk), 蒸紫薯糕 (zhēng zǐ shǔ gāo / steamed purple potato cake) to heavy dinner such as 春节大餐 (chūnjié dà cān / Spring Festival feast), 火锅 (huǒguō / hotpot), 炖肉(dùn ròu / stewed meat), 烤全羊 (kǎo quán yáng / kumiss and roasted whole lamb), 古法鸽子汤(gǔ fǎ gēzi tāng / special pigeon soup), from snacks such as 柿饼(shìbǐng / sweet persimmons), 樱花茶 (yīnghuā chá / Cerasus tea), 自酿啤酒 (zì niàng píjiǔ / homemade beer), 手工冰淇淋 (shǒugōng bīngqílín / homemade ice cream) to cooking sauces such as 黄豆酿酱油 (huángdòu niàng jiàngyóu / handmade soy sauce), 豆腐乳 (dòufu rǔ / spicy veggies with bean curd paste), 古法红糖 (gǔ fǎ hóngtáng / old brown sugar) and various jam, it seems that there is nothing she can’t make and cook.   

Handcraft Making

Besides food, she made many more things for daily use. As you can see in her videos, her nice wool cloak, warm silk quilt, even the commonly used soil made oven were made by her.. She creates everything from scratch, not just some semi-finished products. For instance, if she planned to make some old furniture, the first thing she did was to walk into the deep mountain and cut trees to get fine woods. If she wanted a silk quilt, then she started from raising silkworms to get the original silk.

With her deep understanding of Chinese culture, she also makes some stuff which presents the essence of Chinese history and culture, such as 蜀绣（shǔxiù / Sichuan embroidery）which is the national intangible cultural heritage, 文房四宝(wénfángsìbǎo / the scholar’s four jewels in China) including Chinese writing brush, ink stick, ink slab , and paper 活字印刷（huózì yìnshuā/ Woodblock printing）which is one of the four great inventions of ancient China and etc.

Why Li Ziqi （李子柒）is trending

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There are numerous Chinese food making tutorial videos online, but Li Ziqi’s stands out. Why?It is because in her videos, the food making is not just pure cooking of any recipe, but presenting the whole process from planting, harvesting to cooking and eating.

She follows the traditional Chinese ideas about obeying nature and making use of it, which also displays the harmony between human beings and nature, and the survival wisdom of humans. All her videos can be classified according to the four seasons. Whatever grows best in this season, she just makes use of the essence of this time and make the classical Chinese food or create something new. If it’s on special solar terms or big Chinese festivals, she also makes special seasonal food for that special day. For example, Chinese people usually make a big feast on the Spring Festival night. Therefore, on that day, Li Ziqi followed the tradition and made a table of tasty food for her grandmother and herself. Each of the dishes had its name and blessings contained.

In recording the whole process, each of her most videos would take 2 or even 3 years to complete. You can easily feel the peace and greatness from the flowing time and the sense of achievement when the final products are done.

Beauty

I believe many of the audiences are attracted by the amazing scenery and the natural environment she lives in. It’s based in deep mountains of Mianyang（绵阳）, Sichuan province （四川省）. Sichuan has its reputation of food abundance which located in a basin with humid weather. Consequently, it’s not hard for her to find various natural materials to create what she wants. There are splendid flowers and productive fruits in each season, which are all the blessings of nature. Of course, Li Ziqi also plants and raised whatever she needs around her house such as corps, vegetables, sheep, chickenetc. All the materials she used are made of wood or iron, basically no plastic products or something harmful to the natural environment. And she often wears her traditional style of Chinese clothes and rides a horse to pick up things like vegetables or flowers in the mountain which also constructs the scene of  beauty. It’s such a balance of traditional and modern life.

Culture

People admire Li Ziqi, besides the beautiful views and the amazing environment she is living in, especially because her videos fully explain the Chinese people’s traditional concept of family and the Taoist thought of harmony between humans and nature. She also made many national intangible cultural heritages from scratch which have been created for thousands of years and considered as the precious of Chines culture.

Besides the specialty from her hometown Sichuan like the spicy hotpot, she also makes some other classical food from other areas of China, such as very famous river snail rice noodle from Liuzhou Guangxi (螺蛳粉luósī fěn)，the drunk crabs from Jiangsu (醉蟹zuì xiè) and etc. These videos make you feel interested in this wonderful local food and places around China.

(Click here to get the list of national 5A tourist attractions in China.)

Lifestyle

“I’m just filming my life,” Li Ziqi says. “Or rather, I’m just filming the life that I want.” This is the exact lifestyle she wants to live.

She makes people experience life in the countryside which people living in modern society lack. Especially for the people living in modern cities, Li Ziqi’s videos would be like exploring an ideal lifestyle with nature. She seems able to make everything and could be anyone. In her life, she is a chef, an engineer, a carpenter, a farmer, a gardener, and a creator. Watching her life is also satisfying the audiences’ personal ideal roles. What’s more, her videos seem to have no anxiety worries and misgivings which is exactly what the status of contemporary people strive for.

Li Ziqi’s house & clothing

Many of her audiences are fascinated by Li Ziqi’s house and clothing. She lives in a village house with her grandma in a very simple and unsophisticated lifestyle. The house looks very ordinary in rural western China, but Li Ziqi’s skills in decorating and maintaining it made it very artistic and beautiful. There are various plants and vegetables in her house yard which does not only supply their meal but also makes the environment beautiful. Li Ziqi’s clothing is very attractive which can be distinguished from others. Her clothing always has a touch of traditional Chinese clothing. They are not only very traditional but also comfortable and pretty. Her house and clothing integrate into her traditional country lifestyle perfectly.

More:

Li Ziqi interview

What does Li Ziqi want people get from the videos?

Li Ziqi: In today’s society, many people feel stressed. They face a lot of pressure in life and at work. I want them to relax and experience something nice to take away some of their anxiety and stress. Wouldn’t that be nice? When I worked in the city, it was about survival. No when I work in the countryside, I feel like I’m truly living. When I make my videos, I want to start with an angle that I’m familiar with. What do I want to bring to the audience? It’s not that complicated. I simply want people in the city to know where their food comes from.

How does Li Ziqi form her video style?

Li Ziqi: At first, I did everything myself. I’d set up a tripod, go there, film, and then press stop. That’s why all my shots are on a tripod and they don’t move. That’s why my videos are still filmed this way. 

What does Li Ziqi think after achieving the success?

Li Ziqi: “Successful” is a heavy word. I’m just filming my life. Or rather, I’m just filming the life that I want. This also means I feel a greater sense of responsibility. I have to work harder and do things that are meaningful.

Li Ziqi ‘s official channels：

• YouTube
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Weibo

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Every year the number of Chinese ESL students grows drastically. It is a good thing because many say that the future depends on China.  However, among all the ESL students, university and college students from China and India face more problems than others due to the variety of reasons. For example, the alphabet and the grammar logic is completely different. Despite this, the number of Chinese students reaching their educational goals and becoming exceptionally successful thanks to the American or European education grows exponentially. Unfortunately, it doesn’t mean that it becomes easier for them to study, it only means that they manage to overcome the difficulties. To help you do it more efficiently, we have prepared some essay writing tips which Chinese ESL students might find valuable and applicable.

Technology is On Your Side

It is only normal to use modern technological tools (both online and offline) to improve your writing skills and take your writing to another level. Online and offline tools will increase the quality of your final draft and what it is even better – using them is completely legal and mostly free. First of all, you should pay attention to the variety of the grammar checkers and proofreaders. Most of them have free versions, so you can give them a try before buying a paid one. Lots of students prefer not to buy extra versions, but as for ESL writers checking papers with the paid version of Grammarly might be exceptionally beneficial, as it gives valuable feedback and teaches you, not only corrects your grammar. Later, switch your attention to the voice recorders and deciphers – when you are tired of writing you can record your essays and the special program will transcribe it into text.

Find English-Speaking Friends

Those can be pen-friends or real friends – doesn’t matter. You need to increase the amount of English language in your life and serial movies won’t do the trick, because you need to get involved much more actively. It means that you should speak, write and sometimes even think in English. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes – it is not an essay writing, you don’t receive grades. Ask your new acquaintances to correct the most visible mistakes. There are lots of language exchange websites, so your communication with someone will be beneficial to both sides.

Determine Your Writing Goals

What is really true about the Chinese ESL students is that they are among the most competitive ones. You should use this national trait for your benefit. Namely, set up some essay writing goals and the system of punishment and motivation. We can’t decide for you what it will be, because we don’t know your exact situation and don’t have a clue of what motivates and scares you most.

Start Writing a Blog

It is easy and mostly free to start writing a new blog online. You can choose some of the most popular platforms, or even pay $20-$30 for a customized design, and start writing about something you are interested in, or about something that bothers you. For example, it can be about your life in another country, your troubles with writing assignments, your dreams, your hobby, anything. Again, it is just an excellent way to train your writing skills, so don’t take it too seriously. The idea here is just to write regularly. It is better if you write not very high-quality posts 5 times per week than if you post a polished text once in 7-10 days. Practice makes perfect, and you shouldn’t lose this great opportunity to practice and reach the world. Who knows, maybe your blog becomes popular, and you even get to monetize it.

Make Useful Charts

Doesn’t matter how many articles with professional writing tips you read, you can be absolutely sure that you will forget about 90% of tips given there. The same goes for your textbooks, unfortunately. To make use of theoretical information make charts and take short notes and keep them close when you start dealing with another writing assignment. Analyze your mistakes and find rules for those cases, and also keep them at your working desk or a desktop. These are simple things, but they truly improve the quality of your final drafts.

It is more than logical that you can’t apply all the tips at once, so you need to start doing it gradually. First of all, pay attention to the technical tools which will help you save time for doing extra research and proofreading. After that, make sure to improve the way you plan your writing activities. When you are done with that, switch to enriching your vocabulary. You can choose your consequence and not forget about some valuable points save this page to favorites. You can always count on us when it comes to the applicable tips, so come back to read more. Good luck!

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While my taste buds have matured past thinking that bologna is top-cut meat, I still refuse to eat certain foods. I knew that coming to China would present culinary challenges, but hey, there’s always McDonald’s right?

I dipped my toes—or tongue, if you will—into the Chinese food scene slowly, warming myself up with 宫保鸡丁 (gōng bǎo jī dīng – Kung Pao Chicken). The dish is a safe choice and available at almost any restaurant if you ask. It’s made with wine-glazed diced chicken, peanuts, and some combination of stir-fried carrots, peppers, onions, Sichuan peppercorns and garlic. Originally from the southwestern Sichuan province, Kung Pao Chicken has invaded the menu of almost every regional Chinese cuisine. Why? It’s delicious and hard to mess up.

Next I became infatuated with 四季豆 (sìjì dòu – green beans). Green beans you say? What’s so Chinese about green beans? When you throw in ground pork shavings, and enough 麻 (má – tingly flavor) and 辣 (là – spicy flavor) to fuel your work bathroom breaks for a week, you get a much different dish than bland old green beans. This is the dish that finally turned me on to spicy food. I asked the 服务员 (fúwùyuán – server) to add progressively more peppers and peppercorns until my tolerance to spice was at a level high enough to enjoy more daring epicurean offerings.

Of course, even the spiciest of spice connoisseurs needs a break every once in a while. For that, there’s 番茄炒蛋 (fānqié chǎo dàn – stir fried egg and tomato). The name of this dish says it all, but it can’t possibly make you understand how good the two ingredients can be when played off each other. A good chef will add just a hint of sugar, an element I never expected to be so delicious with egg and tomato.

Slowly, and with encouragement from those who eat family-style meals with me, I learned to love Chinese food. In fact, foods that I am loath to eat back home in the United States I jump at the opportunity to eat here. What do you think of when you hear the word tofu? Tofurkey? Tofu burgers? Generally meh cubes of nothingness? That’s what I thought too. Then I tried 家常豆腐 (jiācháng dòufu – home-style tofu) and 麻婆豆腐 (má pó dòufu – stir-fried tofu in chili sauce) and 豆腐卷 (dòufu juǎn – tofu balls) and realized that it wasn’t tofu I didn’t like, it was the flavorless way it was prepared.

Chinese food goes far beyond chicken and rice. There are Yunnanese mushrooms and Shanghainese soup dumplings. There are Xinjiang lamb kebabs and Shaanxi pork burgers. In fact, there are eight “Great Regional Cuisines of China”: Sichuan (川菜 – Chuān cài), Hunan (湘菜 – Xiāng cài), Guangdong (粤菜 – Yuè cài), Fujian (闽菜 – Mǐn cài), Zhejiang (杭菜 – Háng cài), Anhui (徽菜 – Huī cài), Jiangsu (苏菜 – Sū cài), and Shandong (鲁菜 – Lǔ cài). And those primarily just cover the east! With a wide range of culinary influences and offerings, China was always bound to have something I liked. It just took me opening my mind and stomach to something new to realize it.

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With mental images of rice paddies and millions of men who look just like Confucius, my friend, like many others I know, has a static view of a China that never really existed. To her, China is a homogenous society that stays locked in a hermetic chamber, sealed during a more glamourous time.

Before coming to Shanghai, I disparaged the city as too westernized, too cosmopolitan. The China in my mind did not include a place like Shanghai even though I knew that over 50% of China’s current population lives in urban areas much like it. My first exposure to China was Beijing, a hotbed of nationalism and requisite tourism. Ignoring the fact that the majority of sites in the capital were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and later rebuilt, I felt that Beijing satisfied my preconceived notions of what China should be. The hutong alleys gave me Instagrammable moments of the old generation drying laundry on lines and cherubic babies with split pants squatting over sidewalks. The facades of buildings matched my mental image of multicolored pagoda architecture, and Wangfujing food street confirmed my idea that the Chinese are resourceful in their cuisine. If Shanghai had none of this, how could it be China?

The single-frame image that many foreigners have of China—as I once had as well—comes largely from an amalgamation of Han history and culture spread through literature and propaganda. Han, the dominant ethnic group at 92% of the current population, is named after the second major dynasty of a united China, lasting from 206BCE-220AD. While neither the longest lasting nor the most successful dynasty, the Han solidified power and influence over much of Central, Southeast, and Northeast Asia. Yet despite the persistence of their name, the Han weren’t the only people group to rule a feudalistic China. In fact, two of the most successful dynasties in terms of area conquered—the Yuan and Qing—were both “foreign” dynasties (the Yuan being Mongol and the Qing being Manchu). Even disregarding these two major time periods in China’s history, the country has never been the uniform state many like to think it was. Just take a look at this GIF of China’s borders throughout history:

With China’s 56 ethnic minorities and its long history of outside influencers, what makes romanticized Han culture so fundamental to China’s internal and global image? Largely, a rewriting of history. Despite reliable historical records from the time, much of the public’s image of the mythologized Han Dynasty comes from an historic-fictional tale called Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三国演义) written some 12 centuries after the fact. The book is one of Four Great Classical Novels, a canon that idolizes a Han people triumphant in the face of barbarism and outside influence.

Literature has no doubt played a significant role in shaping public image of what China was and should be. If you don’t take stock in the significance of history and the way it is told in art, just take a ride on any metro in any city in China and you’ll see person after person watching Han period dramas on her phone. But perhaps even more significant than literary propaganda in perpetuating the idea of a homogenous China is the very modern conception of “nation.” China may have been unified over 2000 years ago, but it didn’t become a country as we know it until 1949 (or 1911 depending on whom you ask).

That’s right: before 1949, China was little more than a diverse collection of dynasties and tribes occupying the general area we know as the China of today. In order for the new, Communist regime to rally support, it had to rewrite and re-conceptualize its own history along a linear timeline. It had to convince the people to adopt one time zone, one language. Mao Zedong codified the Han Man’s Burden into law. The history of the nation would be that of the Han people, the Han culture. The language that would be adopted would literally translate as “the language of the Han people (汉语).”

Of course, not even forced homogenization created a singular, “real” China. The infographic below (courtesy of That’s Mag) of the current languages spoken in China demonstrates just how diverse China still is:

Nineteen forty-nine ushered in a new China, one obsessed with modernization, unification, and catching up with the West. As such, Shanghai is the perfect representation of the new China. No matter where you are in the city, you can’t walk five minutes without running into an extravagant shopping mall—and yes, a Starbucks too. Perhaps the city doesn’t have the rice paddies of your imagination, but it is as much China as Zhangjiajie or rural Sichuan. If the real China is a product of well thought out unification propaganda, Shanghai is as real as it gets. The city—the country’s largest—boasts a melting pot of a population. Walk down to the nearest bar street and you’ll see a woman from the mountains of Anhui chatting it up with man from South Korea, a little French baby being pushed in a stroller by his Hunanese ayi, and a jovial Shanghainese woman selling imported beers to a college student from Harbin. Shanghai is a well-oiled utopic machine: millions of diverse people and cultures coming together under one name. While that name is no longer Han but Capitalism, Shanghai is the unified city that leaders throughout China’s history have dreamed of.

So is the real China the sexy qipao worn by wealthy women during Manchurian rule? Is it the Great Wall that only remains preserved in designated tourist areas? Is the real China the mountains of Tibet or the deserts of Inner Mongolia? Is it orange chicken and Dim Sum and all things Cantonese? Is the real China the Han people and the Mandarin language? Perhaps it is all of these things and none of them at the same time.

I still haven’t found the real China. I wait in vain for a Schrödinger’s Cat that exists and does not exist, a Godot that will never arrive. And while I’m waiting, I think I’ll go get a Starbucks.

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No.1 the Zhangye Danxia Landform

张掖丹霞地貌，甘肃省 (zhāng yè dān xiá dì mào, gān sù shěng)

The Zhangye Danxia Landform formed 600 million years ago and covers an area of more than 510 square kilometers. It looks like an oil painting when the vast red rock formations are simply set against pure blue skies.

No.2 Seda Monastery

色达佛学院，四川 (sè dá fó xué yuàn, sì chuān)

Seda Monastery is the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist School. The school captures the elegance of a holy place lost in a sea of tiny red houses in western Sichuan.

Seda, known to Tibetans as Serthar is located in Ganzi prefecture in the west of China’s Sichuan province was briefly a hotbed of protests and violence since the Tibetan uprisings of March 2008. The Seda Monastery has grown rapidly to become one of the most important Buddhist schools. The surrounding hillside is now home to the monks who study at the school. The monks will go to school and study Buddhism every day. They have a few hours a day to rest but during the rest of the day they study and pray. The local residents from neighboring villages, like the woman in traditional dress (below) also make the journey to Seda just to pray.

No.3 Dongchuan Red Land

东川红土地，云南省 (dōng chuān hóng tǔ dì, yún nán shěng)

The Dongchuan Red Land is a 77,000-square mile area located about 25 miles southwest of Kunming City. The region’s subtropical climate causes iron to oxidize and deposit in the soil, which gives it a deep red color. The red soil color is emphasized by the other colors of the surrounding landscape, contrasting against green barley, golden buckwheat, white oil flowers, and the blue sky. Often described as a ‘palette’ of colors, the area is best visited from either May to June or September to November, when various crops are ripe and the colors are most distinct.

No.4 Thousand-island Lake (Qian Dao Lake)

千岛湖，浙江省 (qiān dǎo hú , zhè jiāng shěng)

Qian Dao Lake, also known as Thousand Islets Lake, is a man-made lake developed in the 1950s after the completion of the Xin’an River hydroelectric station. More than 358 square miles of villages, plains and hills were evacuated and flooded, unintentionally creating a dream-like landscape of more than 1,000 tiny islands. Many of these islands have since been developed for tourism, with some featuring themes and offering activities ranging from water skiing to mountain climbing.

No.5 Nalati Grassland

那拉提草原，新疆省 (qiān dǎo hú, zhè jiāng shěng)

Located in Northwest Xinjiang, Nalati Grassland is one of the world’s four largest grasslands and the highest one in China. The first words that come to mind when you arrive in Nalati are idyllic, pastoral, and serene. There are rolling hills with sheep and horses grazing on lush green meadows, shimmering streams, fresh air, all surrounded by high, snowy mountains. Summer is the best time to visit when the grassland is covered in colorful wild flowers.

No.6 Shennongjia Nature Reserve

神农架，湖北省 (shén nóng jià, hú běi shěng)

Listed on UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves, Shennongjia is a truly marvelous place, famed for its dramatic scenery, abundance of medical plants and wildlife.It is also known for being a home to the mysterious Yeren, a Chinese mythical creature akin to the Yeti or Big Foot.

No.7 Saint Sophia Cathedral

圣索菲亚大教堂，黑龙江省 (shèng suǒ fēi yà dà jiāo tang, hēi lóng jiāng shěng)

With its deep green onion domes and golden crosses, Saint Sophia Cathedral is one of Harbin’s most recognizable landmarks. Standing 177 feet tall, the church is the largest Orthodox Church in East and Southeast Asia. It was built by Russian expats in 1907, managing to survive the Cultural Revolution that saw most of the city’s other Orthodox churches destroyed. Today, the church’s unrestored interior houses a museum dedicated to the city, while its front square is a popular local gathering spot.

No.8 Xitang

西塘，浙江省 (xī táng, zhè jiāng shěng)

Xitang is a traditional water village in Zhejiang Province near Shanghai, and was built on canals and rivers. Historically during the Spring and Autumn season, the village was located between the states of Yue and Wu. Nowadays, there are way too many people visiting, and the village has been adjusted to what the local tourism board thinks foreigners wants. For example, some of the houses have been re-styled to take on the shape that foreigners expect them to be – even more ‘Chinese’. All houses and streets are also lined with lanterns. Before the tourism changes, you could easily come here and experience real village life. Now, everyone’s livelihoods have become entangled with tourists and lost its sense of history.

No. 9 Niubei Mountain

牛背山，四川省 (niú bèi shān , sì chuān shěng)

Niubei Mountain is located in Yingjing County, Ya‘an, Sichuan, bordering Luding County. The mountain is a branch of Mount Erlang, and also the watershed of Qingyi River and Dadu River. The elevation of Niubei Mountain is 3,600 m. On one side of the mountain, the rocks on the cliff resemble a bull’s head, while the thin and long ridge looks like a bull’s back. If you stand on the pediment and look around, below you is the tumbling sea of clouds, and around you will be the vast snow mountains. The spectacle is amazing and jaw-dropping.

No. 10 Guanyin Statue

观音像，海南省 (guān yīn xiàng, hǎi nán shěng)

This massive statue is dedicated to Guanyin, the Chinese Buddhist goddess of mercy, and is a part of the Nanshan Temple Complex. At 354 feet, the statue towers over the surrounding area. It’s said to be the world’s tallest statue of Guanyin, as well as the fourth tallest statue on the planet. The statue has three faces, one of which looks towards the land, and the other two point towards the South China Sea.

China is such a large country and it’s always not easy to explore all over the country. We listed the top 50 national 5A tourist attractions in China on our resource page.  There are still numerous fabulous sceneries we didn’t mentioned or haven’t discovered yet. If you have been to place in China that we didn’t mention, please don’t hesitate to share with us.

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Alipay(zhi fu bao) is one of the most widely accepted forms of payment here in China. Even taxi drivers typically accept Alipay, including ones who won’t take bank cards! It can be used both in person at a vast majority of establishments (any place that shows it’s blue and orange logo, labeled “Alipay” or in Chinese below), as well as online – either to pay for food at sites like Ele.me or waimaichaoren, to pay for your recent TaoBao adventures (see above), or simply to send money to friends. Furthermore, once you have an account, you can set up Alipay’s mobile app to do all of this on the go, by just showing your phone! It’s essentially China’s Paypal, and can make life in China a lot more convenient, but setting it up as a foreigner can be a little tricky. We’ll show you how.

Step 1: Gather all the information you need

• Have pitcures of your passport and your current visa page ready
• Have all your bank account information ready, and your bank card info
• Make sure your bank has been enabled for online payments (at ICBC, for instance, they will give you a little USB dongle to validate your online payments)
• Have up-to-date text updates from your bank.
• IMPORTANT: Know the exact spelling of your name on your bank account. Failure to input this exactly will likely result in you being unable to verify your identity with Alipay, which will limit your Alipay account’s functionality.
• Also, to be safe, turn your VPN off before continuing.

Step 2: Register an Account

• If you already have an Alipay account, log in with the blue button on the photo below, and skip to step 3. If not, read on.
• Unless you have a Chinese phone (and even if you do), we recommend you sign up with an email address instead of a phone number. It’s less confusing overall, and prevents the possibility of your international phone number not being able to receive the text with the verification PIN code. Use the link in blue at the bottom to do this.
• Finally, fill out your information according to the below photograph.  Use your individual nationality, not the nationality of your phone.  We’d recommend NOT using a @gmail account, as it will be difficult for you to log on to Gmail without your VPN on.
• Use of an Alipay account (even one through your email) still requires you to have an active phone.  To associate a phone number with your new account, click the tab circled in red to use one from China’s mainland.
• Type in your phone number, and then click the tab as shown. 
• You’ll receive a text from 95188.  Input that code in the “PIN Code” section below, and push the orange button to continue in the progress.
• Finally, you’ll receive an email from Alipay with a confirmation link.  Push the orange button in the link they sent you, and you’ll be on to the last step to complete your account!

Step 3: Complete Your Account Details

• Don’t get too excited yet! Alipay still needs to know a bit more about you before you can start using it. Log in to your new account, or simply click the orange button in the email they sent you at the end of Step 2 above.
• You’ll end up on the following page.   Click on the right-most tab shown in the photo below (unless you have a Chinese ID number, in which case, use the page that opened up initially).
• You’ll end up at the next page.  Fill it out according to the below photograph.  A couple reminders:  Be sure to use your REAL name when setting this up, listed exactly as it is on your passport and bank account!  Select “passport” for ID type, and enter your Sex.  For occupation, just choose “Other” in the menu.  Finally, don’t forget your 6 digit payment pin!  This is what you’ll use every time you check out on Alipay.
• Once you have it all listed, along with your Chinese address, push the orange button to finish creating your new Alipay account!
• If you see the below screen, congrats!  You now have an Alipay account.

Step 4: Verify Your Alipay Account

• Though creating your account is now ready to use for TaoBao and some other online endeavors, to take full advantage of Alipay’s functionality (like sending money to other people, and using your phone to use Alipay at businesses), you’ll need to verify your Alipay account. This part is a little tricky, but we’ll make it as easy as possible for you!
• Start by logging into your Alipay account with your email and password. Once logged in, click the links shown in the following two photos:
• Directly under the Orange/Yellow button that comes up, click on the third small link closest to the center to access the “Foreigner” verification portal.  You can see it below.  (If you have a Chinese ID, you can simply use the big orange button).
• On the following page, be VERY careful!  Fill it out, once again using the name listed on your bank account EXACTLY.  This includes any spaces and is case sensitive.  Banks love using all capital letters, and if you don’t, you’ll have to wait a couple days and start over.
• Upload your photos of passport and VISA. They don’t have to be scanned (phone photos are OK), but they should be clear enough to read everything. Finally, the phone number you use must also be the one linked to your bank account (and set up for text message alerts, as said in Step 1).
• On the next page, choose the name of your bank from the drop down list, and then the city where the account was OPENED. Not necessarily the city you currently live! After entering your card number in the final box, click the orange button to continue. You’ll see the following confirmation page:
• Check one more time that everything is correct, and push the orange button!
• If a page comes up with a red x, something went wrong. It might have been an issue with the name (in wrong order, or CAPS wasn’t on, etc. Click on the blue link to restart the process. 7 days later, you will be able to try the process once again.
• If a page comes up with a green check mark, congrats! Alipay will transfer to your bank card some amount under 1 RMB to make sure your bank account exists, and all you have to do is return to the page once you receive text confirmation with the amount of the transfer, input the amount, and you’ll be verified! You can see the details of what this looks like below. (If you don’t see this page, but received the transfer amount, wait a couple minutes and try again. This page won’t appear until the transfer has gone through – it might take a day or two).
• One random tip: make sure you input a “0” in front of the decimal when inputting the amount. E.g. if they sent you .23 Yuan, be sure to input “0.23” Yuan into the box! Push the orange button once you’ve finished this. When the following page comes up, congratulations – you’re verified!

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China is too big to be summarized by the word “China”. This is true about all countries and every place ever. From where you are right now, if you move ten minutes in any direction, you are in a whole new world. This is similar to how your neighbour’s home will look and feel very different from your own. It’s true about appearances, cultures, behaviours and lifestyles. I write this so that you keep in mind how subjective the opinion presented in this article is, and use it as intended – as some guidance on how to think about Teaching in China. Moving here is a big decision that should be based on multiple factors, and immigrating to a new country is not for the feint-hearted. China offers great opportunities for those interested in teaching English in China. The English language market has been growing fast in China, and many new positions are becoming available.

Teaching English in China, is a different experience depending on where you teach. Typically teaching in China will take place at language training schools, public schools, International schools. Teachers entering into these Chinese teaching jobs can expect a competitive salary, which includes a variety of benefits, depending on the type of school and located cites.English teachers, especially native speakers with a TESOL or TEFL certificate, work only a few hours per week and earn quite well in China: about 12,000 RMB/month (about 2000 USD) in second-tier towns and even 16,000 RMB/month in Shanghai or Beijing(with benefits such as living arrangements, VISA and health insurance paid for, and even a flight home every year if you play your cards well). Keep in mind that TESOL or TEFL online certificates are not considered as good as the ones obtained in a classroom. In urban big-city China, your goal is mainly to help the urban elites progress towards applying to the best colleges in the world, and ensuring that they are ready and prepared for the inevitable integration between the West and East.

Teaching English, for me, in my small village in Chaonan was more about providing kids with an environment to practice their English outside the classroom. This was because nothing in their environment gave them this extra exposure apart from the fact that a foreigner had somehow stumbled into their world. You definitely cannot get paid for teaching in a small unknown part of China nearly as much as the bigger cities but if its adventure and experience you seek, then that is the way to go. Just don’t expect any savings, and a variety of friends. Village life is slower, kinder, and gentler but perhaps better suited for retirement than people in their twenties who have grown up in large cities.

As far as the teaching goes, NGO teaching will contain much less guidance while teaching in the big city will contain far too much structure. In Teach For China, I was left with a little bit of training but mostly to my own devices to figure out how to teach. From my discussions with people in training centers in bigger cities, it seems that there is a lot more guidance and training here which isn’t ideal if you prefer a more creative approach to teaching but is ideal if you prefer goal and target oriented work. What I’m presenting here is not the absolute division that creative teaching jobs cannot be found in the city and goal oriented jobs cannot be found in the smaller parts of China. Instead, it is just a general guideline on where to look based on the kind of teaching job you seek.

Even though demand for foreigners is extremely high right now, I recommend being competent in Mandarin to the HSK level 2 and near HSK level 3 standard. This is because otherwise, you might be distracted from your teaching job with some of your focus going into dealing with a different culture, and learning the language. Early exposure to the language will mean a smoother transition to Chinese culture, and hence make you a better and more effective teacher.

Overall, the best part about Teaching English in China is getting to be on the brink of this culture clash, which is so unique to our generation. Everyone today, and especially young people on the Chinese, and Western sides both seem to be excited about engaging. And for me, being Indian makes it even more interesting. I see the immense partnership between the USA and China blossoming and cannot help but wonder, how India fits into this puzzle.

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This small change will bring big differences to those seeking to work in China. For international students who are planning their education in China, they are free to find a job after graduation in China. For China’s universities, they will become competitive internationally at the collegiate level.

We will introduce some top China’s universities and China Study programs. If you are planning to attend some courses or work on your degrees in China, we hope that this information can be of some help.

Top 10 University Rankings in China

The USNews has published their annual report on Chinese university rankings in 2015, including those in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Here is what they listed:

The ranking may changes by year, however Beida and Qinghua in Beijing, Fudan and Jiaoda in Shanghai have a well-known reputation in the education world. In mainland China, there are also qualifying numbers for universities that reach a certain standard set by the China’s Ministry of Education. These numbers are “985” and “211”. “985” Universities are top schools within the country and there are only thirty nine “985” Universities. The title “985” originates from a speech delivered by former president Jiang Zemin in May of 1998 for Peking University’s 100th Anniversary. After the speech, the Chinese government launched the “Project 985” which evaluated universities’ all-round performance and invested a huge of amount of money to China’s best universities in order to push them towards the “World First Class” University.

Before “Project 985”, the Chinese government had launched “Project 211” from 1991 to 1992 to establish China’s top 100 Universities in the 21st century. Technically, all “985” universities are “211” universities, but it isn’t the same vice versa. The students who graduated from 985 or 211 Universities enjoy obvious or some potential advantages in the job market given their academic prestige.

Top China Study Program in China’s Universities

If you are planning to join in a China study program in Mainland China, you should first look for one in the top ten or 985 universities. For example, the famous Yenching Academy China Study Master Program of Peking University which offers courses from Chinese history and culture, to real-time issues in China’s development. The program’s core courses are:

• Introduction to China Studies
• China in Transition
• China’s Social Science Research
• Formation of Chinese Civilization
• Development of Chinese Civilization
• Chinese Ethics and Value
• Modern Chinese or Ancient Chinese Language Courses are also required
• In Shanghai Fudan University also offer various Chinese & Culture Immersion Programs .

These study programs are generally language and culture balanced. The language courses provide Chinese classes with all levels from beginners to advanced learners. The culture courses include Brief Introduction to China (English instructed) and Cultural workshops such as calligraphy, painting and Kungfu.

In addition the language and culture, there are speeches on various modern China Study topics given. As an example, the following is a curriculum of one summer program of 2015.

1. Traditional culture in China
2. China’s political system
3. Cross straits relationship
4. China’s Dream and the future of China
5. China’s economic growth
6. Development of Shanghai Free Trade Zone
7. Technology advancement in China
8. China’s household registration system
9. The impact of globalization and modernization to the development of China’s society and culture

However, if you plan to learn Chinese Language in China, you need to know that some good options for institutions may not be in the top ten or “985” Universities category. Since many good language degree programs come from universities that specialize in language training, their quality might not be reflected in the overall rankings. For example, the BLCU, Beijing Language and Culture University located in the center of the universe “Wudaokou”, also known for its ridiculous large number of international students and high real estate price. BLCU is the only university in China that specialized in Chinese language and culture education to foreign students. Since it’s founding in 1962, the university has trained over 150,000 foreign students from 176 countries and regions. It has a full range of cutting-edge Chinese language and culture studies program and various graduate students programs. Some of them are:

• International Politics
• Education of Politics
• Curriculum Design and Language Teaching Theories
• Literature and Art Studies
• Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
• Chinese Philology and Language Studies
• Chinese Classical Textual Philology
• Chinese Classical Literature
• Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
• Languages and Literature of Chinese Ethnic Groups
• Comparative Literature and World Literature
• Asian and African Languages and Literature
• Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
• Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages
• English-Chinese Translation and Interpreting
• French-Chinese Translation and Interpreting

In order to look for more information on China Universities or China Study Program, you can check on the webpage of Study in China of China Scholarship Council: http://en.csc.edu.cn/

I hope this article was helpful in understanding the collegiate education in China. If you have any questions, you are also welcomed to leave a comment here, and I’d be happy to give more suggestions.

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List of Institutes: Listed by alphabetical order according to country of location.

Afghanistan

• Confucius Institute (Chinese Department) at Kabul University

Albania

• Confucius Institute at University of Tirana

Angola

• Confucius Institute at Agostinho Neto University

Antigua and Barbuda

• Confucius Institute at Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

• Confucius Institute at the University of Buenos Aires
• Confucius Institute at National University of Cordoba
• Confucius Institute at the National University of La Plata

Armenia

• Confucius Institute at Brusov State University

Australia

• Confucius Institute at the University of Adelaide
• Confucius Institute at Charles Darwin University
• Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• Tourism Confucius Institute at Griffith University
• Confucius Institue at the University of Queensland
• Confucius Institute at Queensland University of Technology
• Confucius Institute at the University of Melbourne
• Confucius Institute at La Trobe University
• Confucius Institute at the University of Newcastle
• Victoria Business Confucius Institute
• Confucius Institute at the University of Sydney
• Confucius Institute at the University of Western Australia
• Confucius Institute at the University of New South Wales
• Confucius Classroom at Aspendale Gardens Primary School
• Confucius Classroom at Bendigo Senior Secondary College
• Confucius Classroom at Mount Clear College
• Confucius Classroom at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
• Confucius Classroom at Scotch Oakburn College
• Sydney Jacaranda Confucius Classroom

Austria

• Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna
• Confucius Institute at University of Graz
• Confucius Classroom at Vienna Chinese School

Azerbaijan

• Confucius Institute at Azerbaijan University of Languages
• Confucius Institute at Baku State University

Bahamas

• Confucius Institute at University of The Bahamas

Bahrain

• Confucius Institute at University of Bahrain

Bangladesh

• Confucius Institute at North South University
• Confuicus Institute at University of Dhaka
• Shanto-Mariam – Honghe Confucius Classroom

Barbados

• Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus

Belarus

• Science and Technology Confucius Institute at Belarusian National Technical University
• Confucius Institute at Belarusian State University
• Confucius Institute at Belarusian State University of Physical Culture
• Confucius Institute at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University
• Confucius Institute at Brest State A.S. Pushkin University
• Confucius Institute at Minsk State Linguistic University
• Confucius Classroom at Baranovichi State University
• Secondary School No.44 Vitebsk

Belgium

• Confucius Institute in Brussels
• Confucius Institute in Liege
• Confucius Institute at Howest University of Applied Science
• Confucius Institute at Group T-Academy

Benin

• Confucius Institute at University of Abomey-Calavi

Bolivia

• Confucius Institute at the Univerisity of San Simon

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Confucius Institute at University of Sarajevo
• Confucius Institute at University of Banja Luka

Botswana

• Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana

Brazil

• Business Confucius Institute at FAAP
• Confucius Institute at University of Brasilia
• Confucius Institute at the University of Pernambuco
• Confucius Institute at the State University of Campinas
• Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine at the Federal University of Goi谩s
• Confucius Institute at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
• Confucius Institute at the Federal University of Minas Gerais
• Confucius Institute at the State University of Pará
• Confucius Institute at Federal University of Rio Grand Do Sul
• Confucius Institute at the Federal University of Ceará
• Confucius Institute at São Paulo State University
• Confucius Classroom at Federal Fluminense University

Bulgaria

• Confucius Institute at St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo
• Confucius Institute in Sofia

Burkina Faso

• Confucius Institute at Nazi Boni University

Burundi

• Confucius Institute at University of Burundi

Cambodia

• Confucius Institute at Cambodia University of Technology and Science
• Confucius Institute at University of Battambang
• Confucius Institute of Royal Academy of Cambodia

Cameroon

• Confucius Institute at the University of Yaounde Ⅱ

Canada

• Confucius Institute in Edmonton
• Confucius Institute in Coquitlam
• Confucius Institute at BCIT
• Confucius Institute in Waterloo
• Confucius Institute at Carleton University
• Confucius Institute in Quebec
• Confucius Institute at University of Saskatchewan
• Confucius Institute at University of Regina
• Confucius Institute at Seneca College
• Confucius Institute at Saint Mary’s University
• Confucius Institute in New Brunswick

Cape Verde

• Confucius Institute at University of of Cape Verde

Central African Republic

• Confucius Institute at University of Bangui

Chad

• Confucius Institute at University of N’djamena

Chile

• Confucius Institute at the University of La Frontera
• Confucius Institute at University of Saint Thomas
• Confucius Institute at Catholic University

Colombia

• Confucius Institute at the University of Los Andes
• Confucius Institute at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University
• Confucius Institute in Medellin
• Confucius Classroom at Colegio Nueva Granada

Comoros

• Confucius Institute at University of Comores

Costa Rica

• Confucius Institute at the University of Costa Rica

Cote D’Ivoire

• Confucius Institute at University of Felix Houphouette Boigny

Croatia

• Confucius Institute at University of Zagreb

Cuba

• Confucius Institute at the University of Havana

Cyprus

• Confucius Institute at University of Cyprus

Czech Republic

• Confucius Institute at University of Finance and Administration
• Confucius Institute at Palacký University
• Confucius Classroom at Technical University of Ostrava,Czech
• Confucius Classroom at Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Confucius Institute at Congolese Diplomatic Academy

Denmark

• Confucius Institute at International Business Academy, Denmark
• Confucius Classroom at Next Education–Ballerup

Djibouti

• Institut Confucius de Djibouti

Dominica

• Confucius Institute at Santo Domingo Institute of Technology

Dominica1

• Confucius Classroom at Dominica State College

Ecuador

• Confucius Institute at San Francisco University of Quito
• Confucius Classroom at Siyuan Chinese Language Academy

Egypt

• Confucius Institute at Ain Shams University
• Confucius Institute at Suez Canal University
• Confucius Institute at Cairo University
• Confucius Institute at Alexandria University
• Confucius Classroom at Luxor University
• Confucius Classroom at Neil Thematic Channel

El Salvador

• Confucius Institute at the University of El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

• Confucius Institute at National University of Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

• Confucius Institute at National Higher Education and Research Institute

Estonia

• Confucius Institute at Tallinn University

Ethiopia

• Confucius Institute at Ethiopian Technical University
• Confucius Institute at Addis Ababa University

Fiji

• Confucius Institute at the University of the South Pacific

France

• Confucius Institute in Artois
• European Confucius Institute at ESCP Business School
• Institut Confucius d’Alsace
• Confucius Institute at the University of Orléans
• Confucius Institute at Université de Paris
• Confucius Institute at Pau
• Confucius Institute at University of French Polynesia
• Institut Confucius de Bretagne
• Institut Confucius Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
• Confucius Institute in La Rochelle
• Confucius Institue of Reunion Island
• Confucius Institute at University of Lorraine
• Confucius Institute at Pays de la Loire
• Institut Confucius à Montpellier
• NEOMA Confucius Institute for Business at NEOMA Business School
• Confucius Institute at the University of Poitiers
• Confucius Institute Cote d ‘Azur
• Confucius Classroom at Association des Amis de Nouvelle d’Europe

Gabon

• Confucius Institute at Omar Bongo University

Gambia

• Confucius Institute at University of the Gambia

Georgia

• Confucius Institute at Free University of Tbilisi
• Confucius Institute at Tbilisi Open Teaching University
• Confucius Classroom at Kutaisi University

Germany

• Audi Ingolstadt Confucius Institute
• Confucius Institute at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences
• Confucius Institute at the Free University of Berlin
• Confucius Institute Bonn
• Confucius Institute in Bremen
• Confucius Institute Metropole Ruhr at the University of Duisburg-Essen
• Confucius Institute at Duesseldorf
• Confucius Institute at Frankfurt University
• Confucius Institute at the University of Freiburg
• Confucius Institute at Heidelberg University
• Academic Confucius Institute at University of Gottingen
• Confucius Institute in Hamburg
• Leiboiz-Confucius Institute Hannover
• Confucius Institute at the University of Leipzig
• Confucius Institute in Nürnberg-Erlangen
• Confucius Institute Munich
• Confucius Institute at University of Paderborn
• Confucius Institute in Stralsund
• Confucius Institute Trier
• Confucius Classroom at Gymnasium Ernestinum
• Confucius Classroom at Hanhua Chinesich-Schule

Ghana

• Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast
• Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana

Greece

• Confucius Institute at University of Thessaly
• Business Confucius Institute in Athens
• Confucius Institute at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Grenada

• Confucius Institute at the University of La Frontera
• Confucius Institute at University of Saint Thomas
• Confucius Institute at Catholic University

Guinea

• Confucius Institute at Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry

Guyana

• Confucius Institute at the University of Guyana

Haiti

• Confucius Classroom at University Quisqueya

Hong Kong, China

• Confucius Institute of Hong Kong

Hungary

• Confucius Institute at University of Debrecen
• Confucius Institute at Eötvös Loránd University
• Confucius Institute at University of Miskolc
• Confucius Institute at University of Szeged
• Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine at University of Pecs
• Confucius Classroom at Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School

Iceland

• Northern Light Confucius Institute

India

• Confucius Institute at University of Mumbai
• Confucius Institute at VIT University
• Confucius Classroom at the school of Chinese Language in Kolkata

Indonesia

• Pusat Bahasa Mandarin at University of Al Azhar Indonesia
• Confucius Institute at Universitas Tanjungpura
• Confucius Institute at Hasanuddin University
• Confucius Institute at Universitas Kristen Maranatha
• Confucius Institute at Universitas Sebelas Maret
• Pusat Bahasa Mandarin at Malang State University
• Pusat Bahasa Mandarin at Universitas Negeri Surabaya
• Tourism Confucius Institute at Udayana University

Iran

• Confucius Institute at University of Tehran
• Confucius Institute at the University of Mazandaran

Ireland

• Confucius Institute at University College Dublin, Ireland
• Confucius Institute at University College Cork in Ireland
• Chinese and Regenerative Medicine Confucius Institute at National University of Ireland Galway

Israel

• Confucius Institute at Tel Aviv University
• Confucius Institute at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Italy

• Confucius Institute in Pisa
• Confucius Institute at the University of Bologna
• Confucius Institute at University of Turin
• Confucius Institute at University of Enna “Kore”
• Confucius Institute at the University of Florence
• Confucius Institute at University of Macerata
• Confucius Institute at Sapienza University of Rome
• Confucius Institute at the University of Milan
• Confucius Institute at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
• Confucius Institute at Oriental University of Napoli
• Confucius Institute at the University of Padova
• Confucius Institute at Ca’ Foscair University of Venice
• Confucius Classroom at Gorizia Province National High School Education Academy
• Confucius Classroom at Convitto Nazionale Macro Foscarini

Jamaica

• Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

Japan

• Confucius Institute at Hokuriku University
• Confucius Institute at Aichi University
• Confucius Institute at Osaka Sangyo University
• Confucius Institute at Fukuyama University
• Confucius Institute at Okayama Shoka University
• Confucius Institute at Kansai Gaidai University
• Confucius Institute at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Confucius Institute at Ritsumeikan
• Confucius Institute at Yamanashi Gakuin University
• Confucius Institute at Musashino University
• Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute at Hyogo College of Medicine
• Confucius Institute at Waseda University
• Confucius Institute at J. F. Oberlin University
• Confucius Institute at Sapporo University
• Confucius Classroom at Kobe Toyo Medical School
• Radio Confucius Classroom at Japan-China Friendship Association of Nagano Prefecture

Jordan

• Amman TAG-Confucius Institute
• Confucius Institute at Philadelphia University

Kazakhstan

• Confucius Institute at Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages
• Confucius Institute at Kazakh National University
• Confucius Institute at K. Zhubanov Aktobe State Univeristy
• Confucius Institute at Karaganda Technical University
• Confucius Institute at L. N. Gunilyov Eurasian National University

Kenya

• Confucius Institute at Egerton University
• Confucius Institute at Moi University
• Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University
• Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi

Kyrgyzstan

• Confucius Institute at Bishkek Humanities University
• Confucius Institute at Osh State University
• Confucius Institute at Kyrgyz National University
• Confucius Institute at Jalal-Abad State University

Laos

• Confucius Institute at National University of Laos
• Confucius Institute at Souphanouvong University

Latvia

• Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia

Lebanon

• Confucius Institute at Saint-Joseph University

Lesotho

• Confucius Classroom at Machabeng College International School

Liberia

• Confucius Institute at the University of Liberia

Lithuania

• Vilnius University Confucius Institute

Luxembourg

• Confucius Institute at the University of Luxembourg

Macao, China

• Confucius Institute at University of Macau

Madagascar

• Confucius Institute at Toamasina University
• Confucius Institute at Antananarivo University

Malawi

• Confucius Institute at University of Malawi

Malaysia

• Confucius Institute at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
• Kong Zi Institute for the Teaching of Chinese Language at University of Malaya
• Confucius Institute at Universiti Malaysia Pahang
• Confucius Institute at Universiti Malaysia Sabah
• Confucius Institute at SEGi University
• Confucius Institute at University College of Technology Sarawak
• Confucius Classroom at Pay Fong Middle School Malacca

Mali

• Confucius Institute at University of Letters and Human Science of Bamako
• Confucius Classroom at Lycee Askia Mohamed School

Malta

• Confucius Institute at the University of Malta

Mauritania

• Confucius Institute at Nouakchott University

Mauritius

• Confucius Institute at University of Mauritius

Mexico

• Confucius Institute in Mexico City
• Confucius Institute at University of Guadalajara
• Confucius Institute at National Autonomous University of Mexico
• Confucius Institute at Autonomous University of Chihuahua
• Confucius Institute at Autonomous University of New Leon
• Confucius Institute at Autonomous University of Yucatan

Moldova

• Confucius Institute at Free International University of Moldova

Mongolia

• Confucius Institute at Khovd University
• Confucius Institute at National University of Mongolia
• Confucius Institute at Mongolian State University of Education
• Confucius Classrrom at UI Tsai School
• Confucius Classroom at the Second Secondary School of Zamiin-Uud City

Montenegro

• Confucius Institute at University of Montenegro
• Tourism Confucius Classroom at the University of Donja Gorica

Morocco

• Confucius Institute at Abdelmalek Essaadi University
• Confucius Institute at Hassan II University
• Confucius Institute at Mohammed V University

Mozambique

• Confucius Institute at Eduardo Mondlane University

Myanmar

• Confucius Classroom at Eastern language &Business centre
• Confucius Classroom at Fuqing Language and Computer School
• Confucius Classroom at Fuxing Language and Chinese Class

Namibia

• Confucius Institute at the University of Namibia

Nepal

• Confucius Institute at Kathmandu University
• Confucius Institute at Tribhuvan University
• Confucius Classroom at LRI(Learning Realm International College)

Netherlands

• Groningen Confucius Institute
• Confucius Institute at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

New Zealand

• Confucius Institute in Auckland
• Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington
• Confucius Institute at University of Canterbury

Nigeria

• Confucius Institute at the University of Lagos
• Confucius Institute at Nnamdi Azikiwe University

North Macedonia

• Confucius Institute at SS Cyril and Methodius University

Pakistan

• Confucius Institute at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
• Confucius Institute at University of Karachi
• Confucius Institute at University of the Punjab
• Confucius Institute in Islamabad
• Confucius Institute at University of Sargodha
• Confucius Classroom at Cadet College Petaro
• Confucius Classroom at The Millennium Education

Palestine

• Confucius Institute at Al-Quds University

Panama

• Confucius Institute at University of Panama

Papua New Guinea

• Confucius Institute at Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Peru

• Confucius Institute at Ricardo Palma University
• Confucius Institute at Catholic University of Peru
• Confucius Institute at University of Piura
• Confucius Institute at Catholic University of Santa Maria

Philippines

• Confucius Institute at Bulacan State University
• Confucius Institute at Ateneo De Davao University
• Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines
• Confucius Institute at Angeles University Foundation
• Confucius Institute at Ateneo de Manila University

Poland

• Confucius Institute in Opole
• Confucius Institute at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
• Confucius Institute at the University of Wroclaw
• Confucius Institute at University of Gdańsk
• Confucius Institute in Krakow
• Confucius Institute at Warsaw University of Technology
• Confucius Classroom at Jagiellonian College

Portugal

• Confucius Institute at University of Porto
• Confucius Institute at Universidade de Aveiro
• Confucius Institute at University of Coimbra
• Confucius Institute at the University of Lisbon
• Confucius Institute at the University of Minho

Republic of the Congo

• Confucius Institute at University of Marien NGOUABI
• Confucius Classroom at Revolution-CEG Gampo Olilou

Romania

• Confucius Institute at Transilvania University of Brasov
• Confucius Institute at the University of Bucharest
• Confucius Institute at Babeş-Bolyai University，Cluj-Napoca
• Confucius Institute at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Confucius Classroom at Ovidius University of Constanta

Russia

• Confucius Institute at Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy
• Confucius Institute at Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University
• Confucius Institute at Buryat State University
• Confucius Institute at Volgograd State Pedagogical University
• Confucius Institute at Russian State University for the Humanities
• Confucius Institute at Kazan Federal University
• Confuicius Institute at Kalmyk State University
• Confucius Institute at Krasnoyark State Pdeagogical University of V.P. Astafyev
• Ryazan State University Confucius Institute
• Confucius Institute at Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Confucius Institute at Saint Petersburg State University
• Confucius Institute at Moscow State Linguistic University
• Confucius Institute at Tomsk State University
• Confucius Institute at Ural Federal University
• Confucius Institute at Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University
• Confucius Institute at Novosibirsk State University
• Confucius Institute at Irkutsk State University
• Confucius Institute at Novosibirsk State Technical University
• Confucius Institute at Far Eastern National University
• Confucius Classroom at Gymnasium No.2 of Perm
• Educational Institution SCHOOL 1948 “Linguist-M” Confucius Classroom
• Confucius Classroom at RSVPU
• Confucius Classroom based on Private Institution Educational Organization of Supplementary Education 芦Confucius禄 Oriental Languages & Culture Academy

Rwanda

• Confucius Institute at University of Rwanda-College of Education

Samoa

• Confucius Institute at National University of Samoa

San Marino

• Confucius Institute at University of the Republic of San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

• Confucius Institute at Sao Tome and Principe University

Saudi Arabia

• Confucius Institute at University of Jeddah

Senegal

• Confucius Institute at University of Dakar

Serbia

• Confucius Institute in Belgrade
• Confucius Institute at University of Novi Sad

Seychelles

• Confucius Institute at University of Seychelles

Sierra Leone

• Cofucius Institute at University of Sierra Leone

Singapore

• Confucius Institute at the Nanyang Technological University
• Confucius Classroom (Crestar)
• Singapore Silk Road Confucius Institute

Slovakia

• Confucius Institute in Bratislava
• Confucius Institute at Comenius University
• Confucius Institute for Business at Matej Bel University
• Traditional Chinese Medicine Confucius Classroom in Slovak Medical University

Slovenia

• Confucius Institute at University of Ljubljana

South Africa

• Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Town
• Confucius Institute at Durban University of Technology
• Confucius Institute at Rhodes University
• Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch University
• Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine at the University of the Western Cape
• Confucius Institute at the University of Johannesburg
• Confucius Classroom at the Cape Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology
• Confucius Classroom at Westerford High School
• Confucius Classroom at the Chinese Culture and International Education Exchange Centre

South Korea

• Rainbow Confucius Institute
• Confucius Institute at Daejin University
• Confucius Institute at Dong-A University
• Confucius Institute at Dongseo University
• Confucius Institute at Andong National university
• Business Confucius Institute at Jeju National University
• Confucius Institute at Hanyang University
• Confucius Institute at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
• Confucius Institute at Honam University
• Confucius Institute at Cheju Halla College
• Confucius Institute at Kangwon National University
• Confucius Institute at Keimyung University
• Confucius Institute at the University of Incheon
• Confucius Institute at Kyung Hee University
• Confucius Institute at Daebul University
• Confucius Institute at Semyung University
• Confucius Institute in Seoul
• Confucius Institute at Yonsei University
• Confucius Institute at Soon Chun Hyang University
• Confucius Institute at Woosuk University
• Confucius Institute at Woosong University
• Confucius Institute at wonkwang university
• Confucius Institute at Chungnam National University
• Confucius Institute at Chungbuk National University
• Confucius Classroom at Incheon International High School
• Confucius Classroom at Incheon Shinhyeon High School
• Confucius Classroom at Taesung Middle and High School
• Confucius Classroom at Hwasan Middle School

Spain

• Confucius Institute in Barcelona
• Confucius Institute at the University of Granada
• Confucius Institute at University of Castilla-la Mancha
• Confucius Institute at the University of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria
• Confucius Institute at the University of Leon
• Confucius Institute at the University of Zaragoza
• Confucius Institute in Madrid
• Confucius Institute at the University of Seville
• Confucius Institute at the University of Valencia
• Confucius Classrooms of Andalucia

Sri Lanka

• Confucius Institute at the University of Kelaniya
• Confucius Institute at Colombo University
• Lumbini Confucius Classroom
• Confucius Classroom at Sabaragamuwa University

Sudan

• Confucius Institute at the University of Khartoum

Suriname

• Confucius Institute at the Anton de Kom University of Suriname

Switzerland

• Confucius Institute of the University of Geneva

Tajikistan

• Confucius Institute at Tajikistan Nationality University
• Confucius Institute at Mining-metallurgical Institute of Tajikistan

Tanzania

• Confucius Institute at the University of Dodoma
• Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam
• Confucius Classroom at the State University of Zanzibar

Thailand

• Confucius Institute of Suan Dusit Rajabhat University at Suphanburi
• Confucius Institute at Burapha University
• Maritime Silk Road Confucius Insititute at Phranakhon Rajabhat University
• Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine at Huachiew Chalermprakiet
• Maritime Silk Road Confucius Insititute
• Confucius Institute at Mae Fah Luang University
• Confucius Institute at Khon Kaen University
• Confucius Institute at Mahasarakham University
• Confucius Institute at Kasetsart University
• Confucius Institute at Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University
• Confucius Institute at Chiang Mai University
• Confucius Institute at Prince of Songkla University
• Confucius Institute at Phuket, Prince of Songkla University
• Confucius Institute of Betong Municipality
• Confucius Institute at Assumption University
• Confucius Institute at Chulalongkorn University
• Confucius Classroom at Traimit Wittayalai High School
• Confucius Classroom at Srinakorn School
• Confucius Classroom at Chltralada School
• Confucius Classroom at Rayong Wittayakorm School
• Confucius Classroom at Suankularb Wittayalai School
• Confucius Classroom at Swang Boriboon Witaya School
• Confucius Classroom at Lampang Kanlayanee School
• Confucius Classroom at Nawamintharachinuthid Horwang Nonthaburi School
• Confucius Classroom at Phuket Wittayalai School
• Confucius Classroom at Xingmin School
• Confucius Classroom at Assumption Commercial School

Timor-Leste

• Confucius Classroom at the Institute of Business

Togo

• Confucius Institute at University of Lome

Trinidad and Tobago

• Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus

Tunisia

• Confucius Institute at University of Carthage

Turkey

• Confucius Institute at Okan University
• Confucius Institute at Bogazici University
• Confucius Institute at Middle East Technical University
• Confucius Institute at Yeditepe University

Uganda

• Confucius Institute at Makerere University

Ukraine

• Confucius Institute at Kharkiv State University
• Confucius Institute at Kiev State Linguistic University
• Confucius Institute at National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv
• Confucius Institute at Ternopil V. Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University
• Confucius Institute at South Ukranian National Pedagogical University
• Confucius Institute at Vinnytsia National Technical University
• Confucius Classroom at Ukrainian National Tckaikovsky Academy of Music
• Confucius Classroom at Zaporizhazhya National University, Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

• Confucius Institute at University of Dubai
• Confucius Institute at Zayed University

United Kingdom

• Conrfucius Institute at the University of Aberdeen
• Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh
• Confucius Institute for Northern Ireland at Ulster University
• Confucius Institute at De Montfort University
• Confucius Institute at Bangor University
• Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow
• Confucius Institute of Science and Technology Innovation at the University of Huddersfield
• Confucius Institute at The University of Hull
• Confucius Institute at Coventry University
• Confucius Institute at Cardiff University
• Confucius Institute at Lancaster University
• Confucius Institute at the University of Central Lancashire
• Confucius Institute at University of Liverpool
• Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds
• Confucius Institute for Dance and Performance at Goldsmiths, University of London
• Confucius Institute at UCL IOE
• Confucius Institute for Business, London
• Confucius Institute at Queen Mary University of London
• Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine, London
• Confucius Institute at the University of Manchester
• Confucius Institute at the University of Southampton
• Confucius Classroom at Oxford Brooks University
• Confucius Institute in Newcastle
• Confucius Institute at the University of Nottingham
• Scottish Confucius Institute for Business and Communication
• Confucius Institute at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David
• Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools
• Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield
• Confucius Instittue at Edge Hill university
• Confucius Classroom at Ballakermeen High School
• Confucius Classroom at Hautlieu School
• The Chinese Music Classroom at Chetham’s School of Music
• St Mary’s Confucius Classroom
• Online Confucius Institute at The Open University

United States

• Confucius Institute at Alfred University
• Confucius Institute at China Institute
• Confucius Institute of the State of Washington
• Confucius Institute in San Diego at San Diego Global Educational Institute
• Confucius Institute at Webster University
• Confucius Institute of Western Kentucky
• Arizona Confucius Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Confucius Classroom at Berwick Academy
• Confucius Classroom in Denver
• Confucius Classroom at Fisher Elementary School
• Confucius Classroom at Germantown Academy
• Confucius Classroom at Maryknoll School
• Confucius Classroom at Minnetonka Public Schools
• Confucius Classroom in Oyster River School District
• Confucius Classroom at St. Mary’s School
• Confucius Classroom at Cedarlane Middle School
• Confucius Classroom at Shake Heights High School
• Confucius Classroom at Johnson University
• Confucius Institute at East Central Ohio Educational Service Center

Uruguay

• Confucius Institute at the Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay

Uzbekistan

• Confucius Institute at Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages
• Confucius Institute in Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies

Venezuela

• Confucius Institute at Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela

Vietnam

• Confucius Institute at Hanoi University

Zambia

• Confucius Institute at University of Zambia
• Confucius Classroom at Sino-Zam Vocational College of Science and Technology

Zimbabwe

• Confucius Institute at the University of Zimbabwe

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