Foreign Teachers in China: Getting Through September’s Festival Month
September on a Chinese campus is not a gentle on-ramp. It is a stacked month: new term…
Mid-Autumn Gift Giving in China: Boxes, Fruit, and What to Skip
Mid-Autumn in China is a reunion festival, and reunion has a logistics department: gifts. In 2026 the…
Double Ninth Festival 2026: Date, City Climbs and Elders
On Sunday 18 October 2026, the Chinese calendar lands on a double nine: the ninth day of…
Longjing Tea in Hangzhou: Grades, West Lake Tastings, Hard Sell
Longjing means Dragon Well. The name belongs first to a spring in the hills west of Hangzhou’s…
Teachers’ Day in China on 10 September 2026: A School Day, Not a Holiday
On Thursday 10 September 2026, Chinese schools will be open. That is the point. Teachers’ Day, 教师节,…