My experience in China 2017-10-19 Winnie OverseasStudentsUnion The year was 2013; I was bound for Beijing, to study as undergraduate student in International Economics and trade., searched thoroughly on the internet about my host-city and university- Beijing Institute of Technology, one of the best language and teaching universities in China. Within a week after my arrival, orientation was over and classes had begun starting with a one-whole year of Chinese language course. My major is International Economy and Trade. This is where the fittest survives. Chinese has been well acknowledged as one of the most difficult languages on planet earth for non-natives and here I was trying to make sense out of what most would describe as hieroglyphics. Burning the mid-night candle trying to study a language as difficult as Chinese Living as a foreigner in Beijing makes for many great experiences. But not all is just great all the time. Behind all the good stuff hides some not