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>>
Aug 03, 2012 Comments(3)
Editor's Note: It wasn't so long ago that CCTV shocked and appalled both art lovers and netizens alike by censoring the genitalia of Michael Angelo's famous David-Apollo statue. Many were shocked by the TV station's defilement of a classic art piece. Along ...... Read More>>
Aug 02, 2012 Comments(1)
In researching this article, many of the things I came across sounded like some sort of crazy Chinese voodoo, but I think it's more of a problem of bad translation and marketing. When you have things called Nine Taste God Pills or Relax Liver Pills, I know ...... Read More>>
Jul 16, 2012 Comments(9)
Compared to its massive overall population of 1.3 billion people, the HIV epidemic in China is still relatively tame, with an estimated 750,000 people infected. But the steady increase of the disease during the latter part of the 20th century, as well as ...... Read More>>
Jul 01, 2012 Comments(1)
In a less than a month, the 2012 Olympic Games will officially kick off in London, and the most burning question in many people's minds (1.3 billion people, anyways) is: can China continue its hot-streak of taking home Olympic gold, now that the games are ...... Read More>>
Jun 20, 2012 Comments(4)
On the eve of the docking of the Shenzhou-9 capsule to the Tiangong-1 space lab, Hong Kong newspaper, The Sun, published the following article: ...... Read More>>
Jun 19, 2012 Comments(4)
Welcome to China's edition of Battle of the Browsers, where competing web browsers pit their wits and wiles against each other in a fight for the covetable title of Web Browser Extraordinaire. Three top browsers will tough it out, armed exclusively with ...... Read More>>
Jun 17, 2012 Comments(1)
The current state of football in China is already something of an embarrassment, but perhaps even more disgraceful than the gameplay itself are the layers upon layers of internal corruption. People from practically every level have been implicated in some ...... Read More>>
Jun 02, 2012 Comments(0)
The NBA playoffs are in full swing and injuries have made nearly every series exciting and unpredictable, even for the fair-weather fans. The combined fandom of worldwide basketball among locals and expats in China is undeniable. But the oft-forgotten ...... Read More>>
May 28, 2012 Comments(2)
With all the bad press conventional Western medicine has been receiving, it seems hardly surprising that alternative medicine is gaining wider acceptance. Having served China for over two millennia, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one popular ...... Read More>>
May 23, 2012 Comments(0)
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde wishing everyone a happy (Chinese) New Year; former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd helping out two Chinese students in need; the Mayor of London Boris Johnson canvasing for a recent election... These days, it ...... Read More>>
May 07, 2012 Comments(11)
On a Saturday night in Kunming's Kundu bar district, music throbs from the clubs. A neon sign flashes advertisements for Tsingtao and Carlsberg Chill. Two women stumble past arm in arm, giggling as they totter in their heels. This is where many of the ...... Read More>>
May 01, 2012 Comments(5)
Learning about the past is a task that an expat living in China ought to undertake. But if the moral imperative shtick just isn't enough to get you to go out and buy some narrated accounts of China's past, then you're in luck—you can also read them for free. ...... Read More>>
Apr 26, 2012 Comments(6)
Health care for expats in China is a great concern for many people; it is something that is commonly taken into consideration by many travelers before they have even set foot on Chinese soil. There a hundreds of blogs and magazine articles on where to get ...... Read More>>
Apr 18, 2012 Comments(1)
Upon hearing the announcement that Facebook acquired Instagram, a popular photography application for the iPhone and other smart phones, countless Chinese developers no doubt let out a deep sigh, both out of jealously and despair. After all, in less than ...... Read More>>
Apr 03, 2012 Comments(0)
Chinese chess, or 象棋 (xiàngqi) as it is known in China, is one of the most popular games in the world, yet many Westerners never hear of it until moving east. Even if you've played Western chess before, xiangqi will probably still be puzzling at first. ...... Read More>>
Apr 02, 2012 Comments(2)
China is known as the land of knock offs, where you can get everything and anything you may desire (or potentially desire, or a friend of a friend desires, or…) - and all this at a low, low price. But while you may rejoice at the cheap cost of vegetables, ...... Read More>>
Mar 22, 2012 Comments(0)
Whether it be as a memento of your time here, to shower distant relatives with poignant gifts, or to beautify the bare walls of your apartment, buying artwork in China may seem like a relatively easy task. Take a walk through any local market, shopping ...... Read More>>
Mar 21, 2012 Comments(1)
While it's no secret that wine drinking has become vastly popular in China in recent years, were you aware that importing wine into China has also turned into one of the world's most lucrative (legal or not) business ventures as well? Case in point: the ...... Read More>>
Mar 01, 2012 Comments(3)
Anyone who has been on a subway in a major Chinese city can vouch for the abundance of mobile users in the Middle Kingdom. One could rightly assume that getting a cell phone and plan would be as easy as buying a bottle of water. Unfortunately, the process ...... Read More>>
Feb 25, 2012 Comments(1)
Population figures, economic growth rates, currency reserves, CO2 levels; you name it and for China someone has measured, calculated and produced a number for it. Quantifying China has practically become an international pastime! It is perhaps only natural ...... Read More>>
Feb 24, 2012 Comments(8)
Since I decided to give birth at a public Chinese hospital, I've had to resign myself to the realities that this entails. Namely, fighting for a number to see the OB/GYN, the endless back and forth of going to this counter, that counter, running from one ...... Read More>>
Feb 16, 2012 Comments(3)
Mah-jong, or majiang (麻将) as it is known in China, is a game of skill, calculation and luck. It has a lot in common with the Western card game rummy, and anyone who has played rummy before should find mah-jong fairly easy to pick up. That said, because ...... Read More>>
Feb 11, 2012 Comments(1)
Welcome to the year of the Dragon! While many of you might be scurrying around trying to make good on this year's prospects of fortune, taking an hour or two to veg-out in front of a big screen is a relaxing indulgence no one would hold you accountable for. ...... Read More>>
Feb 03, 2012
Podcasts are a great way to learn about pretty much everything. Science buff? Trivia nerd? History lover? You can download all you will ever need to know about a particular topic, and often for free. China is no exception, with countless podcasts claiming ...... Read More>>
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