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British Chef Amy Rattinger details why she came to Taiwan and the process she used to self teach herself Mandarin Chinese on the way to starting two restaurants in Taipei. Listen to find out: What brought her to Taiwan Why she began learning Mandarin Chinese Her initial approach to learning Chinese How she self taught […]

Watch on youtube American Jenna Cody details how she learned Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese, while living in Taiwan and why she feels many teachers and language schools fail at teaching Mandarin Chinese. Listen to find out: What brought her to Asia How she initially learned Chinese in China How she resumed learning Chinese in Taiwan […]

Watch on YouTube In this interview, Ron Hanson from New Zealand details the steps he took to learn Mandarin Chinese to allow him to research topics to write on for his magazine: www.whitefungus.com Listen to find out: What brought him to Taiwan How he first started learning Chinese Why he decided to learn Chinese characters […]

Watch on Youtube In this podcast episode, Canadian Anthony Van Dyck details the steps he took to self teach himself Mandarin Chinese, which enabled him to branch out from teaching English and climb the corporate ladder all the way to COO of an energy company in Taiwan. Listen to find out: What brought him to […]

In this episode, I interview Karen Chung, an American who has lived in Taiwan for 40 years. Watch on YouTube Listen to find out: What brought her to Taiwan What Taiwan was like in the 70s Why studying in university is not enough to learn Chinese What mistakes she made in Chinese early on Why […]

Interview with Adam Bell, an American, on his journey studying Mandarin Chinese, working and parenting in Taiwan.