Peking University - official Mentor on behalf on COURSERA

Since the beginning of March 2017 I am a qualifed,  official mentor for   Chinese for HSK 1   from Coursera

Industry needs Chinese speakers

" ......The UK's lack of foreign language skills is problematic for our export performance: a study by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills in 2014 estimates that language and cultural barriers are costing the UK economy up to £48 billion per year.

 Graduates who can speak more than one language will have a significant competitive advantage in today’s job market, and as China is a fast-developing market that the UK has a huge trade deficit with, Mandarin speakers will not only be in high demand by UK companies, but also essential to future-proofing the UK economy.  "


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Downtown Beijing

We spent five days walking along the Great Wall in North Beijing, at 八達嶺; Bādálǐng, 慕田峪;  Mùtiányù and 司馬臺; Sīmǎtái.  

 It wasn't until Friday afternoon when we arrived back in Beijing, that the size of the city became apparent.  Everything was on such a grand scale, the building, the roads, the people, the traffic.  Everything was so big.