I have over twenty years’ experience teaching Mandarin Chinese both to native speakers and international students. I have taught at Imperial College, King’s College, and Richmond University prior to joining LSE. Apart from teaching Chinese to undergraduate and postgraduate students, I also teach British diplomats at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, focusing on aspects of Chinese society, culture, history and current affairs. I am also a GCSE and A-Level Mandarin examiner for the Cambridge and Edexcel Boards.

I gained my teaching qualification in 2001 from Shenyang Normal University (Bachelor in Education), P.R.C. I also completed a unit on Chinese Applied Linguistics and Pedagogy alongside my M.A. Sinology from the School of Oriental and African Studies.