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Let's meander together through a long abandoned and wildly overgrown Chinese fishing village called Shengsi (嵊泗). Shengsi is located near the mouth…

To start this week’s post, let’s engage for a moment in a thought experiment. First, imagine losing all ability to communicate with…

Remember those endless hours you spent agonizing over Spanish or French grammar in high school? Or all those late nights studying Chinese…

More great news from the Chinese Language Institute! Another major publication recently featured an article about CLI -- this time it’s the…

Alex Gavis had never planned on learning Mandarin. In fact, she started heading down the French language road. But after taking a…

This week CLI is bustling with the start of a new school year. Everywhere one looks there are new faces, new smiles, and a…

The eighth installment of CLI Perspectives is written by Immersion Program student Jason Rogers. Jason shares his story of trekking the Guilin countryside on bicycle.…

CLI celebrated the red, white, and blue with its second full house of the summer season, welcoming students from a variety of…

An adventurous group of CLI students and teachers found themselves in paradise this weekend – a fool’s paradise.  愚自乐园, or Yuzi Paradise,…

With Chinese Immersion Program student Mikko having just shared the beauty of Guilin with his visiting parents, CLI was delighted to welcome…

Is learning Chinese difficult? What kind of experience will I have in China if I can’t speak Chinese yet? What does authentic…

Is learning Chinese difficult? What kind of experience will I have in China if I can't speak Chinese yet? What does authentic…

This past weekend CLI led our summer session students to Yangshuo (阳朔) for two days of bike riding through Guangxi's karst landscape,…