Ages 6–12 · 1 day – 8 weeks
Primary School Immersion
Young learners join a real Beijing primary school — full days alongside local classmates, from a one-day visit to a full eight weeks.
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Since 2006 · Beijing · Kunming · Xi’an
Chinese for kids & teens
Small groups, teachers who love the age they teach, and a courtyard campus where Chinese is a place, not a subject. From a first YCT class to an AP exam — or a whole Beijing summer.
- Years teaching Mandarin
- 20+
- Student nationalities
- 40+
- Ages of our students
- 5–77
- Cities: Beijing, Kunming, Xi'an
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Programs · experiences
China as the classroom
Camps, school immersion, and study tours — programs where young learners live the language for days or weeks at a time.
Ages 6+ · June – August
Chinese Summer Camp in Beijing
Morning Mandarin, afternoon culture, weekend excursions — the flagship program that turns a Beijing summer into real Chinese.
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Adults & families · 3–28 days
Custom Travel & Study
Your dates, your route, your Chinese — study-travel itineraries (旅游定制) built around your interests, with lessons that pay off the same afternoon.
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Ages 10+ · 1–4 weeks
Martial Arts & Culture Study Tour
Mandarin in the morning, kung fu in the afternoon — a study tour (武术文化游学) that trains body and language in the same Beijing week.
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Schools & institutions
Sister-School Partnerships
Bring China into your school — a Beijing partner for study tours, teacher training, online classes, and exchanges, built school-to-school since 2010.
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Courses · instruction
Lessons that build the foundation
Week-by-week instruction, grouped by age and level — from first words to YCT, HSK, and AP exam results.
All ages · group or one-to-one
Spoken Chinese
Fast, practical speaking built on sentence formulas and real Beijing dialogue — order, bargain, and find your way from the first weeks.
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All ages · beginner to advanced
Chinese Characters Fast-Track
Learn characters the way they were built — strokes into radicals, radicals into components — so reading stops being memorization.
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Teens & adults · HSK 1–6
HSK Preparation
Structured preparation for the HSK, level by level — a placement test, a study plan, in-house workbooks, and mock exams under real conditions.
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Teens & adults · all three levels
HSKK Speaking Test Prep
The HSK proves you can read Chinese; the HSKK proves you can speak it. Recorded drills, model answers, and timing practice for all three levels.
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Ages 6–15 · levels 1–4
YCT for Young Learners
The Youth Chinese Test gives kids a real, official milestone — and a reason to want the next one. Levels 1–4, prepared through games, stories, and small wins.
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High schoolers · May exam track
AP Chinese
A staged path to the AP Chinese Language and Culture exam — from an HSK-based foundation to authentic films and newspapers, taught by teachers in the language's home city.
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Student voices
From families who came before you
The first time a taxi driver understood my directions without me repeating myself, I actually cried a little. That's Capital Mandarin.
A welcoming atmosphere and a pace I could actually keep up with. I advanced more in a few months here than in two years at home.
Every lesson was prepared thoughtfully. I looked forward to class, which I haven't said about any school since I was a child.
Good to know
What parents ask first
Does my child need to speak Chinese before camp?
No. Campers take a short placement assessment on the first morning and join a group of four to eight at their level — complete beginners get a beginners' group, returning students pick up where they left off.
Does my child need to speak Chinese to join a local school?
No — children join with any level, including none. Younger children in particular pick up classroom Chinese remarkably fast because every hour of the day gives them a reason to use it. If you'd like support alongside the placement, our YCT and Spoken Chinese classes pair well with it.
What's the difference between the YCT and the HSK?
Same official body, different audience: the YCT is written for school-age learners — shorter papers, friendlier topics, generous pictures — across four written levels. YCT 4 overlaps the adult HSK 3, so a child who climbs the YCT ladder steps onto the HSK track with nothing wasted.
Do I need martial arts experience — or any Chinese?
Neither. Training groups are formed by level, and coaches start complete beginners from stances and basics, exactly as our language teachers start from your first placement test. Experienced martial artists get pushed at their own edge in the same session.
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