Apr 11, 2024
Foreigners have a reputation for clumsiness in China. The litany of knocks, breaks and injuries accumulated by my expat friends is truly alarming. Excluding digestive disagreements, simply for brevity’s sake, here are some of the most common expat injuries in China. Read more>>
Feb 18, 2014 Comments(4)
Editor in chief of Men’s Health China Lin Dan invited Gary Locke to sit down and talk about his time as ambassador to China. Lin decided to uncover a new side to the ambassador and spoke with Locke about health rather than politics. ... Read More>>
Feb 21, 2019 Comments(3)
Here’s my list of important things that Chinese people should NOT do if they want to make friends with foreigners. ... Read More>>
Jan 30, 2015 Comments(10)
Just days after Julien Malland’s beautiful graffiti depicting lost children on destroyed Shikumen grabbed national headlines, Shanghai authorities have had them removed. ... Read More>>
Sep 13, 2018 Comments(2)
They say love conquers all and perhaps that’s true, but the logistics of a relationship should also be taken into consideration, especially if you’re marrying a Chinese person. ... Read More>>
Mar 28, 2014 Comments(9)
The plight of tigers have been well documented around the world, but apparently not enough in China where horror stories of tiger slaying surface on a frequent basis. The latest scandal to emerge surrounds a revelation that ten tigers have been killed in ...... Read More>>
Feb 10, 2013 Comments(4)
Traveling from Shanghai to Lanzhou in two days time for free; is such a thing possible? Last January, a student at Shanghai University managed to do precisely that. Instead of taking the train home for Spring Festival, he opted to hitchhike from Shanghai to ...... Read More>>
Apr 26, 2016 Comments(2)
A report on Chinese mobile phone companys' sales and net profits from 2015. ... Read More>>
Jul 07, 2012 Comments(3)
Photo: blogs.mcclatchydc.com Vegas and Macau – the two capitals of gambling. In both, the thrill of winning big lures millions to the casinos each year. In both, most leave away with their pockets a lot lighter. And yet, for all their apparent ...... Read More>>
Jan 06, 2016 Comments(4)
A former hospital doctor was caught earning a living taking exams for university students and medical students ... Read More>>
Dec 03, 2015 Comments(14)
Following a new decree, Auchan supermarket in Russia will substitute imports from Turkey with those from China and other nations. ... Read More>>
Mar 06, 2009
Under the pressure of the current global economic crisis the entire art industry is feeling the heat, and none more so than art districts. In the last year or so, art districts everwhere but especially in places like Beijing’s 798 have seen a cooling ...... Read More>>
Apr 22, 2015 Comments(11)
Shanghai police cracked down on suspects selling fake condoms in cities throughout China. ... Read More>>
Oct 15, 2009
On a cold February day more than three years ago, two children accompanied by caregivers, arrived at a train station in Dongguan from an orphanage in Jiangxi Province. After a 12-hour train ride, they were met at the train station by Jenny Smith, Executive ...... Read More>>
Sep 11, 2015 Comments(6)
Photos recently went viral online of employees of a hot pot restaurant kowtowing to their boss in a public square in Shenyang. ... Read More>>
Apr 17, 2009
One of the most enduring symbols of China – seen on tourist brochures, souvenirs and chinoiserie both here and abroad – is the Beijing Opera mask. With its distinctive shape and colours, it’s instantly recognisable, and quintessentially ...... Read More>>
Sep 11, 2015 Comments(10)
A 60 year old Chongqing man drowned this week, when he was pulled into Jialing River by a giant fish. ... Read More>>
Dec 29, 2011 Comments(5)
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Nov 12, 2012 Comments(1)
A Singaporean administrator at the Raffles Design Institute in Guangzhou admitted to misappropriating 1,757,000 RMB of the school’s money to feed his online gambling addiction, prompting his girlfriend’s parents to sell their house to pay back the debt. ... Read More>>
Dec 10, 2013 Comments(2)
Woman from Nanjing was barred from her exams because she didn’t look like the photo on her Chinese ID card. ... Read More>>
May 19, 2016 Comments(7)
A local gossip tabloid from Zambia, recently printed a headline that read “China Feeding Africa With Human Meat.” ... Read More>>
Aug 09, 2016 Comments(3)
Hengshui Hebei requires impossible new fuel taxis ... Read More>>
Aug 11, 2015 Comments(1)
A strange case has recently gone viral on Weibo after a woman called the police after buying a watermelon that was not to her liking. ... Read More>>
Jul 13, 2016 Comments(2)
Beijing police recently arrested a Malaysian named Huang Yi for growing marijuana and drug trafficking. ... Read More>>
Jun 10, 2015 Comments(11)
The Beijing police were able to solve the crime and retrieve valuables stolen from two foreigners in less than an hour. ... Read More>>
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