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 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>>
Nov 11, 2010 Comments(1)
If you live in China but haven’t seen Sports Lottery shops popping up around your city like dandelions over the last year, you must not be paying attention. There are thousands of stores around the country, all operated by this state-owned sports gambling ...... Read More>>
Sep 02, 2013
We have had a couple of great years for books on China. As more and more people want to understand the nuances of China’s political and economic systems, and the Chinese way of life we are seeing a greater variety of topics and more accessible writing ...... Read More>>
Nov 27, 2011 Comments(1)
The "2010 China's Best Hospitals list", the top 80 hospitals in China voted on and selected by 2,009 medical experts across China was officially released on November 19th. The list was compiled by the Institute Hospital Management at Fudan ...... Read More>>
Sep 02, 2010 Comments(1)
At the start of August, a group of female sex workers in Hubei province protested against the treatment of sex workers during recent police crackdowns, and petitioned for the legalization of prostitution. The protest was led by an activist and blogger known ...... 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>>
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>>
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>>
Mar 21, 2016 Comments(5)
Here are our picks for the Chinese movies to keep an eye out for the rest of 2016 ... Read More>>
Oct 31, 2017 Comments(2)
In the past few years, several talented Chinese authors have been receiving international recognition, and more writers than ever are being translated into English. It’s about time we took a look at some of most exciting Chinese authors writing today. ... Read More>>
Jan 31, 2013 Comments(5)
China’s nouveau-riche are commonly perceived as conspicuous spenders, lacking in taste, culture and class. This may be true, but there are also some mega rich Chinese who are making a big impression in the art world, rather inking checks in auction houses ...... 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>>
Jul 12, 2016 Comments(5)
Webcasts in China are generally thought of as a step above pornography, but Suki’s story and interview shows that this is not always the case. Suki has become a famous webcast star in China by keeping it classy and having genuine online G-rated ...... 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>>
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>>
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>>
Sep 16, 2013 Comments(2)
China invests billions to possess the planet’s most sophisticated technology aimed at censoring the media, yet somehow still manages to slip on the eggs thrown at them from news outlets abroad. Let’s just say that if we told Chinese media that ...... 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>>
Oct 31, 2019 Comments(14)
Forget Netflix, the gym, and surfing the web; there are countless traditional ways to bring mental and physical well-being, as well as cultural understanding, into your daily life in China. ... 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>>
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>>
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>>
Aug 25, 2010 Comments(0)
Zhang Yimou ranks right alongside Ang Lee as China’s most internationally acclaimed director. Lesser known to the public, is the fact that Zhang Yimou’s films are almost always exclusively produced by Zhang Weiping. Zhang Weiping founded the ...... 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>>
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