Sometimes I’m surprised by which of my stories draw the most attention. Often it’s different ones to my own personal favourites. This is a list of what OTHER people seem to have enjoyed – the posts that have attracted the most traffic recently and over all. Check out the Top Posts each Year page to see some older favourites.

The Top 10 most viewed stories in April 2019:

1. My favourite liangcai – May 2014
2. The Yin and Yang of the Chinese calendar – February 2013
3. How I discovered my salicylate intolerance – November 2014
4. Mind your Ps and Qs: the Chinese thank you – November 2013
5. Saying “I love you” in Chinese – May 2015
6. THIS is why I don’t eat fruit. Or most vegetables. – October 2014
7. Chinese tongue-twisters – September 2015
8. Okay tones – November 2014
9. My recipes for homemade Chinese dumplings – January 2019
10. Beautiful birds of Austalia – August 2015

The 25 most viewed Stories From Tanya of all time  (as of April 2019)

1. The Yin and Yang of the Chinese calendar – February 2013
2. How I discovered my salicylate intolerance – November 2014
3. My favourite liangcai – May 2014
4. Mind your Ps and Qs: the Chinese thank you – November 2013
5. Some Chinese food favourites – November 2013
6. Saying “I love you” in Chinese – May 2015
7. Chinese water torture – September 2013
8. Chinese food – foreigner favourites – July 2014
9. Saying “no” in Chinese – September 2013
10. Seatbelts in China – April 2013
11. Chinese names, part 2: extended family – March 2013
12. China’s One Child Policy – some background – October 2015
13. More Chinese teas: scented, flower, herbal – June 2015
14. My life is over: mourning what was – December 2014
15. Accepting the repatriation blues – April 2015
16. The consequences of smog – October 2014
17. Fun with bird flu – April 2013
18. China’s migrants and the hukou system – May 2014
19. Bare branches and single celebrations – November 2013
20. My recipes for homemade Chinese dumplings – January 2019
21. How I learned Chinese, part 3: office girl – May 2013
22. Okay tones – November 2014
23. Explaining crazy Chinese holiday schedules – September 2013
24. Accent Wars – November 2013
25. Used to – March 2015