In October 2021 Levent and I travelled to Taiwan for almost two years, a small-ish island just off the coast of China, forming part of an island chain running between Japan and the Philippines. We had grand plans of exploring South East Asia, but because of the pandemic, quarantine and subsequent hike in flight costs, …
I’ve started my Chinese learning journey, and I’m collecting a list of free resources available to self-study Mandarin online here. I’ve focused on learning traditional characters, but many resources support simplified as well. For transparency, I work for Babbel but am writing this in a completely private capacity. Babbel does not offer Chinese as a …