Are you curious about life on the other side of the world? Do you want to open your minds to learn a new culture? Would you like to chat in Mandarin with your Chinese friends? Are you willing to master a new language? Here is your opportunity! Join our Chinese Mandarin Meetup Group in San Francisco Bay Area and learn Chinese today!!!

Welcome to the North Oakland (California) Go Club!  Founded in mid-2011 and based at the It's Your Move game store at 4920 Telegraph Ave. in the Temescal business district, we currently meet about six times a month and look forward to expanding playing opportunities as we grow.  (See the store's open gaming night meetup page and their website for information about other gaming activities there). Our goal is to provide a welcoming, supportive environment for players from first-timers to experts, …

Come to practice English or any foreign language. We gather informally to chat, make new friends, learn about other cultures and maybe find a language exchange partner. Come share your English or foreign language skills while socializing and meeting interesting and worldy people. Languages you may hear at our events are English, Spanish, Korean, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Turkish, Italian, Arabic, German, Thai, Russian and much more!

Welcome to TAP-SF!  Our group's mission is to enhance the Taiwanese American community by networking individuals interested in professional and career development and Taiwanese cultural exploration.  We invite you to join us! 

This group offers an opportunity to bring people together to learn about Qigong and to practice Tai Chi through various Qigong/Taichi regular classes as well as workshops and retreats led by Liping Julia Zhu. Liping Julia Zhu is a certified qigong instructor from China and a disciple of Taoist Master Yu Anren. She was a gold medalist in the 1996 International Martial Arts Tournament. She is the qigong instructor at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a licensed acupuncturist …

… Please join us on our adventures if you simply like Asian culture and like to party hard with Asians.  

Nihao! Come on you Zhongwen speakers! Let's have a drink, hang out and speak in Chinese. This group is dedicated to helping native speakers and learners of Mandarin meet and make friends. We also want to help promote language learning with workshops for learners. Here are some things you can expect: ** Monthly cocktail hours ** Monthly workshops ** Dinners in Chinatown ** Cultural events ** Any ideas you can help with too! Hope you can come to our first meetup. This place has a great atmosphere …

… Above all, BAAA is a welcoming community where Asians and Asian Americans can have fun, identify with their culture, and make lasting friendships.So if you are looking to meet new people, professional networking, fun time out explore the Bay Area, or discover new interests and hobbies, come check us out.

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OpenSkyRadio is an online Chinese radio/podcast station based in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.  Founded in 2010,  our staff produce a wide range of shows from politics to food and restaurant reviews to technology to ghost stories to radio dramas to anything in between, in Cantonese and Mandarin.   Furthermore, we're an international platform for people to express their thoughts and ideas, either as a form of an audio show, video, graphic design, etc.  Currently we have works produced by …

Would you like to increase your social circle? Meet Chinese Americans? Socialize and network with friendly and honest Chinese Americans? This meet up group is for young Chinese Americans that like to have fun and do exciting things. Kayaking, rock climbing, sailing, and mountain bike riding are some of the outdoor activities that we will do on weekends. Indoor activities will include bar hoping, wine tasting, Chinese dessert sampling, and karaokeing. Please let me know if you can add on to the l …

Calling all North Bay polyglots! If you speak more than one language, and want to practice or share your talents with others, this is a good group for you.We will hold monthly get-togethers in the North Bay to meet multi-lingual locals and chat in different languages. A typical get-together involves a happy hour where people speak French, Spanish, Chinese, English, Portuguese, Russian, Italian and I have heard many other languages as well. It a lot of fun to meet people from all over the world a …

Mandarin English Bilingual Toastmasters - or MET - is a fun and friendly way to improve your Mandarin and English communication skills.   Mandarin-speakers and English-speakers of all levels are welcome!   You are invited to visit a meeting and observe as a guest.  Meetings start at 6:30 pm sharp every Wednesday.  Location: 425 Market Street (New York Life, 16th floor) in downtown San Francisco near the Embarcadero BART. Please note: advance RSVP and picture ID is required for entry into the bui …

The Red Lantern: Bay Area Asian Cinephiles, based in San Francisco, is the world's largest Meetup for Asian films.  In theaters and in private venues, we explore the high, the low and the everything-in-between of Asian cinema, from Woo to wuxia, from Ozu to "Zatoichi."

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Hi Everyone! Inspired by the several San Francisco Mandarin study groups that are just too far away, I'd like to start an East Bay study group, primarily in Berkeley and Oakland. If you're a Mandarin speaker who wants to help, please join us! We'll be eternally grateful and give you tips on English if you ask :) Update: We are working on regrouping people, The next meetup will be in August.