Meet The Hutong Crew: Qiao, Sean and Alastair
Read moreWe’ve got three new Hutongers to introduce: Qiao Liping, Sean Wilde, and Alastair Dawson all came on board at various points over the Fall, and we’re thrilled to welcome them aboard. In time-honored fashion, it’s time to learn a little about them and to share their initial impressions of what it’s like to work at The Hutong. Sean hails from Banner
The Fujian Bike Journey
Read moreWhen asked by a teacher by one of our partner schools, to enhance the biking component of our Fujian trip, we jumped at the opportunity. And so we ran our inaugural Fujian Bike Journey for a school group, which had a group of 24 high schoolers biking from tulou cluster to tulou cluster, on beautiful backcountry roads. As an ode
Glimpses of Guangdong …
Read moreThis fall, The Hutong Education led The German Swiss School and The International School of Shenzhen to Guangdong Province. Our Guangdong program focused on two areas: Foshan (佛山) and Kaiping (开平). In Foshan we visited the town’s Ancestral Temple (祖庙) where students learned about aspects of Taoism, Buddhism (the religion from which the town’s name is taken), and Confucianism. They
The Hutong and Chi Fan for Charity 2017
Read moreThe Hutong and Chi Fan for Charity 2017 We’re happy to announce that our table for 11 persons at The Hutong was fully booked up for Chi Fan for Charity! At 600RMB a head, a total of 6,600RMB proceeds raised at The Hutong will go to support Education In Sight, a non-profit whose vision is a world where every rural
The Last Inner Mongolia Trip of the Summer
Read moreThis year there has been a drought in Inner Mongolia 内蒙古. We travelled there with Canadian International School of Hong Kong – May was unusually warm and dry. All local farmers were worried that there wouldn’t be enough rain. The next trip we made was in June with Dulwich College Shanghai – still no rain. Some grass was turning yellow