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>>
Dec 03, 2012 Comments(0)
A Chinese science writer points out that true meteorological fog in Chongqing has actually decreased since industrialization, yet residents still refer to it majestically as a “fog capital”. Scientists believe that industrial smog has simply taken its ...... Read More>>
Dec 02, 2012 Comments(7)
Physical education authorities in Shenzhen recently canceled several long-distance running events in elementary and middle school track meets, which teachers believe will exacerbate declining physical fitness among students. ... Read More>>
Nov 17, 2012 Comments(2)
From cuisine to fashion to technology, there are very few places left in China where you can go and not see the effects of over three decades of globalization. One defining aspect of the West’s reach comes in a form pretty much everyone here can recognize: ...... Read More>>
Nov 13, 2012 Comments(4)
The titillating scandals and heart rendering stories of triumph that are so synonymous with reality television have completely swept the world over, allowing viewers everywhere to embrace their inner “guilty pleasure” lover. Chinese viewers are apparently ...... Read More>>
Nov 11, 2012 Comments(2)
An entrepreneur in Zhejiang has found a niche market for some extreme survival gear: a giant floating stainless steel globe to protect against all manner of natural disasters which he calls a “Chinese Noah’s Ark”. ... Read More>>
Nov 06, 2012 Comments(11)
As evidenced by simply living here and opening one’s eyes occasionally, Chinese people are (and always have been) a notoriously thin nation. Despite this, however, the culture itself has only relatively recently embraced the Western ideal of thin as ...... Read More>>
Nov 05, 2012 Comments(1)
This article discusses Chinese national reading rates, and the surprising statistic that the average Chinese person read only 4.3 books in 2011, compared to several times that number in Korea, Japan, and Western countries. ... Read More>>
Nov 04, 2012 Comments(0)
It was recently discovered that Apple’s voice-activated Siri search function returned actual results for prostitution services. Although Apple has since blocked illicit results, one Chinese blogger draws on the discovery to discuss the state of ...... Read More>>
Nov 02, 2012 Comments(1)
Whether you plan to stay in China for six months or six years, keeping in touch with family and friends back home is key to staving off pangs of homesickness. Today a myriad of cheap/free messaging apps such as Skype, WhatsApp and WeChat make it easier than ...... Read More>>
Oct 31, 2012 Comments(3)
2012 (the movie) has planted the notion of apocalypse in the minds of many of my Chinese friends. Released against a backdrop of Weibo exploding with stories about strange disease outbreaks cropping up across China, perhaps they are not at fault for ...... Read More>>
Oct 23, 2012 Comments(3)
Guessing at people's ages is a sensitive and tricky subject that I tend to stay away from, regardless of country. However, finding out the real age of some of my Chinese friends can be truly mind blowing. I'll never forget the day when I found out that my ...... Read More>>
Oct 22, 2012 Comments(0)
A Chinese writer and blogger remarks on Mo Yan’s recent Nobel Prize win, noting that he fails to live up to his pen name (meaning “don’t speak”), and that that’s a good thing for contemporary Chinese literature. ... Read More>>
Oct 10, 2012 Comments(1)
Earthquakes have been a hot topic in China since a 5.7 magnitude one struck Yunnanin early September, killing 81 people. On September 19, one Weibo post in particular instantly grabbed the attention of the nation: "China experiences a large-scale 7.0 ...... Read More>>
Oct 06, 2012 Comments(14)
The Three T's is a rule that Western journalists have been working to for some time here in China– subjects to stay away from: Tiananman, Tibet, Taiwan. But recently a BBC radio reporter discovered that there was a surprising fourth T to add to that list ...... Read More>>
Oct 03, 2012 Comments(5)
It might seem a morbid way to christen a new facility, but when you're the first customer of a brand new lethal injection center, sometimes you just have to take one for the team. On the morning of September 26, sentenced criminal Zheng Jinzhen became the ...... Read More>>
Sep 30, 2012 Comments(2)
Editor's note: The following was translated and edited from an article that appeared on the Sohu news website. It follows part-time model Yan Yu, whose fishnetted chest attracted special attention at the 2012 Chengdu Car Expo, and subsequently on the ...... Read More>>
Sep 29, 2012 Comments(4)
Let's face it, if you're an expat living in China, chances are you consume alcohol. I would even venture to say you consume a lot of it. It simply seems to be the way of life here for foreigners. Even if you weren't a very big partier in your home country, ...... Read More>>
Sep 20, 2012 Comments(2)
Everyone knows that China is the place for weird and wonderful things. Whether it is the dried crocodiles at Wal-Mart or tapeworms advertised as a form of weight loss, you can find pretty much everything you'll ever need (and lots and lots of things that ...... Read More>>
Sep 13, 2012 Comments(0)
China can be a fun, culturally enriching place in which to work, live, or just visit. It can also be a bit wacky at times. And while foreigners may never quite get used to seeing or experiencing what we would consider day-to-day oddities (hugging a tree for ...... Read More>>
Aug 28, 2012 Comments(2)
China is in a state of perpetual change. In the 20th century alone, the country experienced communism and capitalism, isolationism and foreign occupation, dictators and presidents, war and peace, depression and prosperity. Though the turmoil of the early ...... Read More>>
Aug 26, 2012 Comments(1)
Editor's note: The following article, translated and edited from an article that first appeared in Beijing Youth Daily, discusses the multitude of post-Olympic Games money-making opportunities readily offered to China's Olympic Champions. Photo: ...... Read More>>
Aug 23, 2012 Comments(2)
In China today nothing much is free. The one exception is advice: giving it shows you care. Too much of it though, where pregnancy and healthcare are concerned, comes in the form of old wives tales, and once my Chinese wife became pregnant I was astounded ...... Read More>>
Aug 18, 2012 Comments(2)
While South Korea is often times cited as the go-to surgery destination in Asia (the abundance of "medical vacation" brochures at the airport is a bit of a giveaway), China also offers a plethora of minor cosmetic tune ups, usually at considerably ...... Read More>>
Aug 08, 2012 Comments(4)
Editor's Note: The following article was translated and edited from an article that first appeared in the Qiliu Evening news. The article discusses the debated ethnic background of female Olympic weightlifter Maiya Maneza. The athlete won the 63 kg class ...... Read More>>
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