Country chapter · China · 中国
A country I cannot fit into a single story
I first lived here as a high school student, returned years later to study, and travelled through it in between.
This is where I collect the places, meals, people and small moments through which I came to know China — and through which I changed myself.
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2018/19 · 2025/26 · HSK 6
China became part of my biography long before it became part of this website.
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China · 中国
AT A GLANCE
CAPITAL
Beijing
LANGUAGE
Mandarin Chinese
CURRENCY
Renminbi (yuan)
MY CONNECTION
Lived here twice
Four ways to explore China
The same four doors as every country — with a much bigger world behind them.
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Culinary Journey
The dishes I remember from school canteens, night markets, trains and tables across China.
This chapter is still growing →
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Cultural Journey
Language, traditions and daily life as I experienced them — not only as a visitor.
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People & Stories
The friendships and encounters that made China personal long before it became a project.
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My Journey
Two chapters of living in China, years apart, and the person I became between them.
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This chapter can grow with me
China will hold travel diaries, food memories, language, friendships and reflections from two very different periods of my life. I do not have to fit all of it into one page at once.
Anna Between Worlds 