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Sep 23, 2012 Comments(4)
"Can the old lady who lives upstairs please not always ask me when I'm going to get married? Can my married schoolmates please stop trying to set me up with their idea of Mr. Right? When are women going to get to stop listing "marriage" on ...... Read More>>
Sep 19, 2012 Comments(2)
Though the expatriate life in China is rich in (intrinsic and/or monetary) rewards and discoveries, it can also, at times, be extremely frustrating. One of the leading causes of such frustration is foreigners' vulnerability to common scams and theft. Taken ...... Read More>>
Sep 17, 2012 Comments(2)
The following was translated and edited from the Chinese web portal iFeng's online "Blog Weekly" magazine (《博客天下》), who for their 100th issue asked 100 different celebrities and other notable personages to name one Chinese social norm that ...... Read More>>
Sep 14, 2012 Comments(2)
Chinese law has protected women’s rights since 1950 when the revolutionary Marriage Law outlawed such feudal practices as concubinage and forced marriage. The communist party in China has always been a proponent of equality for women. Yet, despite the laws ...... Read More>>
Sep 12, 2012 Comments(3)
As Chinese society becomes increasingly multifaceted (and self-serving), who is there left to trust? That is the core question raised in a recent survey, which asked respondents to rank the people they "trusted most" in their lives. The ...... Read More>>
Sep 03, 2012 Comments(1)
Editor's note: The following article, translated and edited from a report that appeared on huanqiu.com, discusses the recent, very public announcement by one of China's most well known sinophiles, Mark Kitto, that despite his multi-decade love affair with ...... Read More>>
Aug 19, 2012 Comments(11)
Editor's Note: The following article was translated and edited from an article that appeared in China Youth Daily. The article discusses how in a society in which morals are declining and pressure to succeed is mounting, China's youth feels compelled to ...... Read More>>
Aug 09, 2012 Comments(5)
Photo: ibtimes.com The Answers section has been up and running for over a year already, and has seen expats from all over China sharing their experiences. We've gathered five of their questions, and five corresponding answers, revolving around the topic of ...... Read More>>
Aug 05, 2012 Comments(14)
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Jul 25, 2012 Comments(0)
Editor's note: This article was translated and edited from an article that appeared on the Boxun.com news service. It concerns a recent survey of political opinions conducted by a university professor. Though intended for a broader spectrum, the online ...... Read More>>
Jul 13, 2012 Comments(22)
A typical laowai? Photo: Sinema.SG Let’s face it: foreigners are an often misunderstood bunch in China. We come from many places, speak many languages and represent many different walks of life, yet we are often looked upon as one singular entity, ...... Read More>>
Jun 29, 2012 Comments(7)
Whenever you live in a culture that's not your own you can run into sticky etiquette situations. In China, these vary from how to use your chopsticks without getting black bean sauce all over your favourite shirt to selecting the proper title to give ...... Read More>>
Jun 27, 2012 Comments(1)
Editor's note: This article was translated and edited from an article which appeared in the Changjiang Daily. The article concerns a new study which is the first official report on members of the "fuerdai" (富二代) generation, which is the popular ...... Read More>>
Jun 26, 2012 Comments(7)
Photo: trazzler.com America is a land of comforts, with all of life's necessities within arm's (or drive's) reach. However, while there are many things you can only find in the U.S., the opposite is also true: there are wonderful features of Chinese life ...... Read More>>
May 30, 2012 Comments(1)
Editor’s note: The following article was translated and edited from an article which was first published in the Guangzhou Daily. The article discusses a recently published report ranking the top Chinese universities in terms of the number of ...... Read More>>
Apr 08, 2012 Comments(3)
Editor’s note: In January, Chinese magazine Global Entrepreneur published the 2011 results of their annual"Chinese Companies in the Eyes of Foreigners" survey. As in previous years, the survey was conducted in cooperation with Paris-based ...... Read More>>
Mar 05, 2012 Comments(3)
Earlier this month, debate raged over China Whisper's article positing the "new standards" of what it means to be a "white collar" worker in China. According to People's Daily, this term was brought from the West in the early 1990's to ...... Read More>>
Mar 02, 2012 Comments(6)
For many in the West, China is a land of mystery. For others, given its status as a touted economic superpower and its burgeoning cultural climate, it's a land of promise. China has been the centre of much media attention, from the current Shanghai Expo and ...... Read More>>
Feb 15, 2012 Comments(4)
Editor's note: Judging from the comments from last week's "First Impressions" articles (part one and part two), many readers were a bit shocked by the negative sentiments expressed by Chinese netizens regarding their impressions of foreign ...... Read More>>
Feb 05, 2012 Comments(0)
Editor’s note: The following article was translated and edited from a survey conducted by Xinhua Net. The survey asked foreign respondents to vote for their favourite Chinese cuisines. The top ten results are listed below. Do your favourite dishes ...... Read More>>
Feb 02, 2012 Comments(0)
Editor's note: The following article was translated and edited from a survey on netizens' "first impressions" of foreign countries conducted by the Global Times (Chinese edition). This article – the second of a two part series – covers ...... Read More>>
Feb 01, 2012 Comments(4)
Editor's note: The following article was translated and edited from a survey on netizens' "first impressions" of foreign countries conducted by the Global Times (Chinese edition). This article – the first of two parts – covers the ...... Read More>>
Jan 29, 2012 Comments(5)
Photo: tui.qihoo.com Which one is your first name? For us Chinese, it's family name first and given name last – perfectly logical. But it's the other way around for Westerners so they often get confused when reading a Chinese name for the first time, ...... Read More>>
Nov 06, 2011 Comments(1)
Editor's note: Following the Financial Crisis, and in the midst of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, you wouldn't expect many people to hold the US regulatory system in high regards, as it has clearly shown certain… deficiencies in ...... Read More>>
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