May 08, 2024
Chinese workplace culture can confuse foreigners about what exactly their boss is thinking and saying. In this article, break down some of the most confusing local practices and bring you some tips on how expats can charm their Chinese bosses. Read more>>
Dec 05, 2013 Comments(2)
So it is true, you really can buy anything on Taobao, turns out you can even buy swearing. More specifically you can pay to swear at someone or you can pay for them to swear at you ... Read More>>
Dec 05, 2013 Comments(1)
Chinese architecture is always available to provide entertainment, and the newest building to make netizens chuckle is the “Twist... Read More>>
Dec 05, 2013 Comments(13)
One reporter’s attempt at showing that prostitutes working on the streets of Beijing are more than just the seedy underbelly of society and are actually people with children and families to take care of falls short with its less than courteous tone. ... Read More>>
Dec 04, 2013 Comments(24)
Recently the news of a female university student going abroad for half a year, having one-night stands with eight foreign men and coming home to find out she contracted HIV has hit Chinese media, netizens show they usual amount of sympathy and condemnation. ... Read More>>
Dec 04, 2013 Comments(4)
Poor Mr. Wang, he wakes up every morning to find condoms strewn across the floor of his apartment block and assumes there is a prostitution ring operating in building, when he discovers the truth, he is just annoyed by rude neighbors, and presumably a ...... Read More>>
Dec 04, 2013 Comments(3)
When it comes to marriage proposals in modern-day China, it’s not necessarily “out with the old” but it’s definitely “in with the new”. Here’s a look at proposals in China - then and now. ... Read More>>
Dec 03, 2013 Comments(23)
Netizens have turned on foreigner, whom they once saw as the innocent party, after video emerges of him swearing at the woman screaming on the floor.... Read More>>
Dec 03, 2013 Comments(3)
Police have confirmed that a Swedish man fell six stories to his death at Shanghai’s Pudong International airport on December 2. ... Read More>>
Dec 03, 2013 Comments(8)
These two stories outline the conundrum that Chinese face in this ethical dilemma: do you help up an elderly person that has fallen down, or do you need to protect yourself from extortionists? ... Read More>>
Dec 02, 2013 Comments(4)
For this poor family, after calling a ambulance in Shenyang, it was their wallets that were hurting. ... Read More>>
Dec 02, 2013 Comments(3)
Now we know that the way to someone’s heart is through the stomach but is it also the way to educational interest? As a way of introducing students to entomology Huazhong Agricultural University lay on a buffet of bugs for student to try. ... Read More>>
Dec 02, 2013 Comments(4)
Living in China, you can often feel a little cut off from the world and feel out of the loop when it comes to TV shows. Here are a couple of Chinese sites that will stock some of your favorite shows, and a helpful list of TV shows’ Chinese names. ... Read More>>
Nov 30, 2013 Comments(8)
O, holy land of dumplings, land of delectable mystery fried a thousand ways in fragrant oil of ten-thousand sources. O, holy land of the-essence-of-flavour, humbly we anoint the fruits of this Earth with thine Weijing. ... Read More>>
Nov 29, 2013 Comments(6)
It seems that petitioners from Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, have been causing quite a fuss in the capital and annoying their local police, because they have been banned from petitioning at places like Tiananmen, Foreign Embassies, and ...... Read More>>
Nov 29, 2013 Comments(2)
A school in Yunnan Province has expelled three students because they brought their lunch into the classroom, more specifically, they brought paper bowls and plastic cutlery into the classroom. ... Read More>>
Nov 28, 2013 Comments(1)
I love spring rolls, I love wontons….I love Chinese food, don’t cheat me! I love rice, I love fried noodles…” These are the lyrics to the latest tune blowing up on the internet. ... Read More>>
Nov 28, 2013 Comments(1)
A corrupt university recruiter attempted to escape to Canada with a fake passport. Needless to say, he didn’t get far ... Read More>>
Nov 28, 2013 Comments(4)
A “kickback table” details the vast minutia with which bribes are recorded in this recruiting scandal that involves the vast majority of Guangdong schools.... Read More>>
Nov 27, 2013 Comments(6)
Chris Barden, an American living in Beijing, has been, with the help of volunteers, rescuing the city’s many stray dogs. His Little Adoption Shop now has over 100 dogs that need re-homing ... Read More>>
Nov 27, 2013 Comments(2)
Big wild animals are a rare site in China these days, in Sichuan Shiqu county nature reserve a wild snow leopard hasn’t been reported spotted in five years….until recently that is. ... Read More>>
Nov 27, 2013 Comments(7)
Have you ever had a Chinese person mention a celebrity and the first thing you could think of was...wow, are they even around anymore? The following is a list of five celebrities that you can’t seem to escape; they will be forever part of your soundtrack ...... Read More>>
Nov 26, 2013 Comments(9)
Public Security Bureau of Shuangliu published a post that showed a picture with three rats tied to a tree for having “done bad deeds.” ... Read More>>
Nov 26, 2013 Comments(3)
Many of us are hyper-concerned of being pick pocketed but don’t live in fear of having our bank accounts “pick pocketed”. Though perhaps we should! ... Read More>>
Nov 26, 2013 Comments(17)
While Chinese may pride themselves on being a hard-working people, a recently published Gallup suggests a less optimistic view as experts explain that “hard-working” is not the same as “dedicated”.... Read More>>
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