Feb 23, 2022 Comments(4)
If you’ve worked in China, you’ve probably heard the term “white monkey job.” I took it a step further and took on a “dancing white monkey” job. Here’s how I got on as a foreign performer in China. Read more>>
Oct 06, 2011 Comments(2)
“MAKE YOUR SKIN WHITE AND PURE.” The poster has been slapped up in a bus stop. The rain-soaked paper, partially torn away, shows the faded face of a smiling Chinese woman. “QUICK AND SAFE ABORTIONS.” ... Read More>>
Oct 04, 2011 Comments(3)
One day in late August 2011 in Shanghai’s outer suburbs, a 21-year-old college student opened the window of her fifth floor apartment block and threatened to jump. As is typically the case when drama unfolds, a crowd soon gathered and the emergency ...... Read More>>
Oct 01, 2011 Comments(1)
Watching TV is one of the pleasures of life that most of us tend to take for granted. That is, until we suddenly find ourselves without it. For expats living in China who have yet to master the intricacies of the local language, the vast majority of TV ...... Read More>>
Sep 19, 2011 Comments(6)
Although the culture shock between China and that blob-like entity "the West" are not nearly as extreme as they might have been 20 or 30 years ago, certain Chinese customs still, to this day, continue to baffle foreigners when they first arrive ...... Read More>>
Sep 14, 2011 Comments(1)
Since 2000, China has conducted a sort of fitness evaluation to study the changes in the country’s physical fitness every five years. The State Sports General Administration, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and 10 other ...... Read More>>
Sep 10, 2011 Comments(0)
In this age of smart phones, it's hard to imagine going anywhere without a little assistance. Whether you're an expat living abroad or just in China for a short stint on your way to destinations unknown, a smart phone – like the Android or iPhone – helps ...... Read More>>
Sep 06, 2011
In 2010, Avatar was one of the highest grossing films of all time in Mainland China. The astronomical amount of money taken at the box office was in excess of 1 billion RMB. It goes to show that fantasy, sci-fi and horror movies are eternally popular with ...... Read More>>
Sep 02, 2011 Comments(1)
Expats are forever griping about China's strict internet policies and censoring of social media sites, but the Chinese internet has a crop of websites that rival Facebook, MSN, YouTube, and eBay. Here are eleven of the most popular: ... Read More>>
Sep 01, 2011 Comments(1)
Our tiny planet takes up but a microscopic speck in a universe composed of hundreds of billions of galaxies, each containing trillions of stars and planets – quantities and distances simply beyond the grasp of human beings. Yet one fact that is becoming ...... Read More>>
Aug 27, 2011 Comments(0)
With China playing catch-up with the rest of the world in the fields of leisure and entertainment, it is perhaps unsurprising that theme parks are mushrooming up all around the country. Most interesting about these amusement parks is the wacky themes which ...... Read More>>
Jul 24, 2011 Comments(0)
Research Associate Liu Ruisheng, of the Institute of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently noted that, over the last ten years, the number of Chinese netizens has increased nearly 20-fold. In 2000, the number of ...... Read More>>
Jul 16, 2011 Comments(1)
You’re suffering from chronic renal disease: your kidney is dying. You are dying. It’s not quick and painless – quite the contrary. But at least time is on your side. ... Read More>>
Jul 07, 2011 Comments(0)
When you think of Chinese movie stars, who comes to mind? If it takes you a few moments to come up with a name or two, don't worry – you're not alone. While Hollywood film stars seem to have a global recognition, many of those in the Chinese film industry ...... Read More>>
Jul 04, 2011 Comments(2)
Scandals, celebrity catfights, pictures of the naked girl in the building across, political discussions, exposing corrupt officials or the conservative alternative of simply chatting with friends; the emergence of microblogging in China has offered people a ...... Read More>>
Jun 12, 2011 Comments(7)
Many foreign tourists who visit Beijing like to check out TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), and come to Beijing’s famous old Tongren Tang. But Xinhua News Agency’s “Viewpoint” section recently highlighted a Tongren Tang-affiliated travel pharmacy in ...... Read More>>
Jun 11, 2011 Comments(2)
For people in the West, top retirement choices most often include Florida, the south coast of England, or Spain’s Costa del Sol. But as China rises as a superpower, will retirees from abroad flock to settle down here to see out their dotage? We look at the ...... Read More>>
Jun 08, 2011 Comments(1)
Over $100 million USD in funds destined for China from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have been frozen. On May 28, the Fund’s media spokesperson confirmed the news on the phone from the organization’s central office in Switzerland....... Read More>>
Jun 06, 2011 Comments(3)
After a stay in China, most expatriates remain sceptical towards Chinese brands (especially technological or consumer electronic brands) and refuse to admit that there are some Chinese brands on par with similar Western brands and others that even far ...... Read More>>
May 25, 2011 Comments(0)
China can be a dangerous place to live. From substandard safety precautions to natural disasters to manmade mistakes, tragedy is an unavoidable fact of life here just as it is all over the world. Here is a rundown of some of the biggest Chinese catastrophes ...... Read More>>
May 21, 2011 Comments(3)
With over three million people a year undergoing plastic surgery, the plastic surgery market has exploded in China, becoming an industry worth more than 10 billion yuan a year and now the fourth largest consumption market in the country after housing, ...... Read More>>
May 17, 2011 Comments(2)
Historically water has been of paramount importance to the Chinese. Not just as a provision for survival (like any other nation), but in art, literature, politics, poetry, and feng shui (the reason behind the positioning of buildings and the arrangement of ...... Read More>>
May 14, 2011 Comments(2)
Once while travelling in Guilin, I was approached by a Chinese gent of about 30 years of age, who held out his digital camera, looked at me and motioned for me to come over. I went to take the camera in order to take a photo of him and his friend. But he ...... Read More>>
May 12, 2011 Comments(0)
It seems that barely a week goes by in China without a scandal hitting the news. From dodgy buns to tainted meat and corporate fraud, here are 10 of the most shocking from the past year. ... Read More>>
May 10, 2011 Comments(0)
Don’t let the post-Easter blues get you down; yes we may have had our “5/1” Labour Day holiday, and the summer holidays feel like they’re miles off, but May 2011 brings along a whole slew of great films from Hollywood and beyond. At first glance it ...... Read More>>
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