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>>
May 06, 2011 Comments(2)
The iPhone is a lovely thing. It can make life easier in many different ways, not least of which by helping you navigate your new life as an expat. Need to know the local train schedule? There’s an app for that. Need to brush up on your Mandarin phrases? ...... Read More>>
Apr 28, 2011 Comments(2)
The Labour Day holiday is almost upon us, which for many means an extended weekend of leisurely pursuits. During the May Day weekend, cinemas across China will be screening a number of newly released Chinese and foreign films. We’ve rounded up four of the ...... Read More>>
Apr 08, 2011 Comments(0)
Much attention has been paid lately to internet addiction in China, notably among young users. Allegedly, between four and ten million underage internet users are addicts, which according to the official definition, includes spending six hours or more a day ...... Read More>>
Mar 29, 2011 Comments(3)
With all the food scares of the last couple of years, it’s no surprise that expats in China are increasingly willing to shuck out extra RMB for "natural food". Nor should it be any surprise that Chinese consumers are also more interested in ...... Read More>>
Mar 24, 2011 Comments(0)
Food safety in China has often received negative publicity in the international media, with a lot of hype about illegal poisonous additives mixed in with food, to name but one common scare. There should be another viewpoint to examine food safety in China ...... Read More>>
Mar 19, 2011 Comments(0)
Before having an ebook reader I was a book hoarder; my flat was filled with dusty, slowly mouldering editions of precious reading material. When I moved provinces in southern China, my biggest, heaviest suitcase was full of books I had accumulated from ...... Read More>>
Mar 06, 2011
Wherever benefits can be reaped, money hungry people are sure to follow. As far as the lucrative domestic internet market goes, with each passing day more and more dubious people are swarming into the web market, joining an ever-expanding black market for ...... Read More>>
Feb 24, 2011 Comments(0)
One of the most impressive and interesting things about modern China is its lightning-fast development. The sheer size of its population means that if a trend catches on, it’s sure to be a success. So what does 2011 have in store when it comes to fads and ...... Read More>>
Feb 20, 2011 Comments(0)
With the memory of last year’s scorching hot Chinese movie market serving as motivation, over 20,000 students have already applied to the Beijing Film Academy this year, the majority of whom plan to major in performing arts. Some people feel, however, that ...... Read More>>
Jan 27, 2011
As China’s cinematic influence continues to grow, the international community is taking an increased interest in Chinese films. This can be seen through the increasing quality and number of high caliber international film festivals that China hosts every ...... Read More>>
Jan 26, 2011 Comments(0)
On December 12, 2009, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in Shanghai voted to pass the “Measure to Prohibit Smoking in Public Spaces in Shanghai.” The measure, which went into effect on March 1st, 2010, expanded the scope of ...... Read More>>
Jan 23, 2011 Comments(2)
"If You Are the One” (Fēi Chéng Wù Rǎo| 非诚勿扰), is a hugely popular reality dating show produced by Jiangsu Satellite TV and broadcast nationwide since Jan.15, 2010. Presented by Meng Fei (孟非) and airing at 21:20 every Saturday and Sunday, ...... Read More>>
Jan 22, 2011 Comments(1)
On December 3, 2010, a new world record was set. During tests on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail route, the train reached a speed of 486 kilometers per hour – the fastest ever recorded. When it opens this summer (a year earlier than originally ...... Read More>>
Jan 20, 2011 Comments(0)
Beijing (CNN) -- Today, smoking remains a stubborn habit because it is an integral part of Chinese social life. Offering a cigarette is a common way to greet someone, a handy ice-breaker especially in awkward situations (I myself used to do that until I ...... Read More>>
Jan 18, 2011 Comments(2)
If you are someone like me who feels queasy just by walking into a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) pharmacy in China and seeing the medicines on the shelves that include lion bones and bear bile and other weird and unidentifiable things, keep reading. ...... Read More>>
Jan 17, 2011 Comments(3)
Yes, China is the land of the fakes. You can buy fake handbags, designer clothes, wallets… But there are simply some situations in which only the genuine product will do. Once such product is an iPhone, and with the fairly new release of the iPhone 4, ...... Read More>>
Jan 15, 2011 Comments(0)
With freezing temperatures sweeping across China this winter, even down in the south, it only seems like a good idea to spend more time indoors. The good news is that there are some promising movies soon to be released in theaters across China. Newly ...... Read More>>
Jan 10, 2011 Comments(0)
From the strange and mystifying to the downright disturbing, here is a round-up of the weirdest news items in China during 2010. ... Read More>>
Jan 07, 2011 Comments(0)
Are winter colds making you a multi-symptomatic mess? China's medicinal herbs have never gone out of fashion. Try a two millennium-old recipe and discover that the remedies explained below – including the Chinese cure for the common cold – tested and ...... Read More>>
Jan 03, 2011 Comments(0)
Long before Viagra hit the market in the United States and China, a new discipline within TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) was created, called nanke (男科), or “men’s medicine.” Nanke was founded in the mid-1980s and saw the opening of specialty ...... Read More>>
Dec 30, 2010 Comments(0)
When Australian filmmaker Shaun Jefford came to Beijing in the midst of 2008 Olympic fever to make the documentary Beijing Punk, punk was already dying in China. As in the UK in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the cry “Sell out!” could be heard in the ...... Read More>>
Dec 21, 2010 Comments(0)
It’s certainly been a busy year for China in the book industry, with hundreds of books written about everything from its government to its economy to its social influence. Many of these books are heavy on information but a bit light on the entertainment ...... Read More>>
Dec 13, 2010
It’s been over a month since the Expo has ended, effectively shutting its doors to the biggest single event in Shanghai’s history. And while constant Expo commercials may no longer play in the subway, and illegal ticket hawkers may not swarm if you find ...... Read More>>
Dec 09, 2010 Comments(0)
Some hypothesize that the main reason for the lack of Facebook’s dominance in China is due to government protectionism to help out local firms. Given Facebook’s success in the US and many western markets, I can certainly understand why they might have such...... Read More>>
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