Meet Elen, a beautiful and strong minded young lady who I met by mutual friends. With a background in English and Chinese languages, she had the opportunity of coming to China for the first time on an exchange program during University time and knew she wanted to go back.

We chat about her first time visiting China and the journey that has brought her to Shenzhen. We also get into those first days of moving to a new country, when you don’t know how things work and the challenges of meeting people and making friends. She also points out a very interesting take on living in China and being a part of the local society, in which many foreigners might feel pressured to do.

Elen shares a personal story about the debatable topic of cameras everywhere in China and why she thinks it should not be something to be afraid of, take your own conclusions out of it and let me know!

We discuss taboos, the wonderful dishes you can find in China, how to comfortably live here as a foreigner. This was a very insightful conversation, specially for people thinking on coming to China for the first time and what kind of mindset you should have before embarking in this journey.

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