Anne Imig – It’s a lifelong learning process

Meet Anne, a bright and beautiful young lady fromGermany, who is doing big things here in China! After graduating from her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Munich, and traveling around Europe, she felt a desire to explore other parts of the world and have a new adventure! That’s when China came into play! Anne has a PHD in Science, which allowed her to get a very unique and interesting opportunity to work here in China as a Postdoc utilizing her engineering, chemistry and physics background to advance research in a very specific area (listen to find out more!) Having never travelled to Asia before, this part of the world really surprised her in many aspects. What was supposed to be a two year adventure turned into three years and perhaps even longer. One of the first things she noticed when she arrived in China was how it is extremely organized considering the number of inhabitants of a city. Anne is a self-taught person as well, studying herself up to the Level 4 of Chinese proficiency. We chat about how the German language can be compared to Mandarin in terms of logics and composition of the words. We also expand on some cultural and society differences that Anne illustrates through some personal stories that happened to her, which is funny in a sense, but it really points out the differences of society norms and expectations between theEast and the West. Anne shares her personal take on the international community in the city, the perks and the challenges of creating a stable group of friends in a foreign country and what she misses the most about home! This was a very refreshing and fun conversation I hope you enjoy as much as I did. Please share this episode with a friend, and if you haven't done yet, please subscribe to the podcast on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcast Follow me: Instagram: ⁠⁠@inbetweenwithvzv⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Veronika Z.V.⁠⁠ Guest medias: LinkedIn: Anne Imig