Liann Zhang, Director of easyMandarin, says that the key to tasty dumplings is in the mix. Her favorite jiaozi filling recipe is with ground beef, ginger, onion, and a bit of soy sauce. When the stuffing is ready, the combination is placed into dough wrappers and boiled. Mmmm mmm good! 很好吃!

About easyMandarin

easyMandarin, also known as “Easy Mandarin” or “eM”, is one of China’s leading Chinese language training schools. The school was established in the year 2006 and since then has taught Mandarin to thousands of individuals from more than 60 countries, including overseas students, interns, CEOs, heads of NGOs, consulate generals, and people just visiting China to experience the language and culture. eM is based in Shanghai, China and is internationally accredited by CSN.

Students and teachers took a break from their Chinese language courses and enjoyed a full day of adventure and fun – marveling at the beautiful scenery and learning about the town’s thousand years of history.

Consuelo Piekarski, an Intensive Mandarin language course student from Bolivia, said, “It was very interesting and the surroundings were absolutely beautiful. We learned some new things about Chinese culture - I now know that this town is home to the famous modern Chinese writer named Mao Dun.”

More information about the town of Wuzhen can be found here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuzhen

About easyMandarin

easyMandarin, also known as “Easy Mandarin” or “eM”, is one of China’s leading Chinese language training schools. The school was established in the year 2006 and since then has taught Mandarin to thousands of individuals from more than 60 countries, including overseas students, interns, CEOs, heads of NGOs, consulate generals, and people just visiting China to experience the language and culture. eM is based in Shanghai, China and is internationally accredited by CSN.

For pictures and videos from the night, please click here:

http://tinyurl.com/eM-XinjiangDinner

About easyMandarin

easyMandarin, also known as “Easy Mandarin” or “eM”, is one of China’s leading Chinese language training schools. The school was established in the year 2006 and since then has taught Mandarin to thousands of individuals from more than 60 countries, including overseas students, interns, CEOs, heads of NGOs, consulate generals, and people just visiting China to experience the language and culture. eM is based in Shanghai, China and is internationally accredited by CSN.

Not too long ago, January 1^st (New Year’s Day = 元旦 = yuándàn) was thought of as a “foreigner” holiday in China. Now, in the new China, Chinese people pour into the streets, music blares, and fireworks light up the skies just like the Western world. Shanghai, the most populous city in China, felt like New York City, Paris, Madrid, or London on December 31^st as the clock neared midnight.

Anita Dai, an easyMandarin language instructor from the Chinese city of Kaifeng in Henan province, went to Shanghai’s Longhua Temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhua_Temple ) for her first ever New Years Eve celebration. Up until midnight at this Buddhist temple, prayers were said and cloth/candle hot air balloons were lit and rose into the air; then, at midnight, came the blasts of fireworks. She said it was “hen you yisi!” (“very interesting!”), “hen duo ren!” (“so many people!”).

Dan Whitaker, an American student and Director of Sponsorship Sales for the USA Pavilion of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, spent his second New Years in Shanghai with his wife and 4 year old daughter. They went out for dumplings, then for a stroll on the famous Nanjing West Road where many of Shanghai’s top shopping destinations were still decked out in Christmas decorations and lights that would rival any international city. “This New Years was a lot fun because we got to spend time as a family in the most exciting city on Earth.”

About easyMandarin

easyMandarin, also known as “Easy Mandarin” or “eM”, is one of China’s leading Chinese language training schools. The school was established in the year 2006 and since then has taught Mandarin to thousands of individuals from more than 60 countries, including overseas students, interns, CEOs, heads of NGOs, consulate generals, and people just visiting China to experience the language and culture. eM is based in Shanghai, China and is internationally accredited by CSN.

On Saturday, October 31^st, easyMandarin and easyEnglish held a big costume party to celebrate Halloween at our Wanhangdu Lu campus in Shanghai. Dumpling-making lessons were given and fun games were played. The students studying Mandarin took advantage of the opportunity to practice the language with the Chinese students from easyEnglish.

Click link below to see pictures from the exciting event:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/easymandarin/sets/72157622669468321/

About easyMandarin

easyMandarin, also known as “Easy Mandarin” or “eM”, is one of China’s leading Chinese language training schools. The school was established in the year 2006 and since then has taught Mandarin to thousands of individuals from more than 60 countries, including overseas students, interns, CEOs, heads of NGOs, consulate generals, and people just visiting China to experience the language and culture. eM is based in Shanghai, China and is internationally accredited by CSN.