abstract:EasyMandarin (simplified Chinese: 易在汉语; pinyin: Yì zài hànyǔ), also known as "easyMandarin", "eM", or "Easy Mandarin", is a Chinese language school located in Shanghai, China, offering expatriates, professionals and overseas students courses in Mandarin designed for communication in speaking, reading and writing Chinese (See Chinese as a foreign language). The school was founded in July 2006 by American businessman Yis Weintraub and Chinese entrepreneur Liann Zhang.