China Partner

Why not join the Chinese in the park?

If you don’t have time to visit China, you can do a short trip from Hongkong to Shenzhen and visit the park “Little China”: all the great sightseeing spots of China are to be seen in three hours. Or at least great copies of the real ones!

好 hao combines mother and son and means good! 家 jia: the pig lives under the roof. This means family as in former times human beings and animals were living under one roof. 关系 guanxi is the tight network of family and friends, which helps in all cases. 安 an: the wife under the roof [...]

Chinese characters are very demanding! They require diligence and hard work. That’s why children at the age of 3 start learning by heart. The good news: Chinese don’t learn the characters easier than us. There is nothing like a “character gene”! But since the computer has settled in in China, some Chinese do forget their [...]

Chinese newly-wed love to decorate their house with the silhouette “Double Happiness”. They are put on doors, walls and windows. This one above, we have found in Pingyao. This small town has a charming old city within it’s intact city walls. Busses and taxis drive you from the airport Taiyuan directly to Pingyao (approximately 1,5 [...]

Otherwise 1,4 billion Chinese would have difficulties talking to each other! The oral language is structured very simple, it’s easier than English. If you translate it 1:1, it sounds strange: „I buy two book.“ As Chinese characters can’t be changed, there is no need for declension and conjugation. The context of the sentence clarifies whether [...]

Last Sunday Bettina Weiguny described accurately in the German newspaper 
Frankfurter Allgemeine how often one is speachless, and therefore helpless in China. Which doesn’t automatically leads to difficulties. If you have the right translator, who not only simply translates the language, but also transfers the cultures involved, you can do business very successfully. But having [...]

To marry the Chinese way can be very exiting and also quite tiring! Therefore there are many organisations in China doing only that: getting you married. From the photo shooting at THE (romantic) places to the drive in a beautifully decorated stretched limousine to the right restaurant, you’re in good hands. Should you be invited [...]

The year of the rabbit has started on February 3. The Chinese see it as a very good year for business as the rabbit stands for asweet temper and harmony. Therefore 2011 should be less “stormy” then the years before. The rabbit is also a symbol for sociability, friendship and hospitality which means that it’s [...]