Why Subscribe?

If you're reading this, it means that, just like us, you have lived in a Chinese-speaking country and are now back home, or you have reached an advanced level of Chinese and are not sure what to do to continue learning new things.

At Mandarin Zest, we are simply going to share with you what we are doing to maintain our Chinese fluency while living in a non-Chinese-speaking country: reading the news, browsing memes, going through popular stories, and more.

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Who Are We?

We are Dorota and Antoine, two young Europeans from Poland and Belgium, respectively. We both lived a big chunk of our lives in Taiwan, where we met each other. We both graduated from a Master’s degree in Political Science from National Taiwan University and, while living there, of course, became fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

All good things come to an end, and we have moved back to Europe. Currently, Dorota is now based in Berlin, Germany, and Antoine is based in Brussels, Belgium.

We maintain a profound connection with Taiwan and Asia in general, which is why we decided to create this newsletter together. Antoine also owns a blog about Taiwan called Bubble Tea Island, and Dorota owns a Polish-speaking blog about Asia called Innym Szlakiem.

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