36 Dirty Tricks From Ancient China
understanding China through history and legends by Singaporean writer Chan Joon Yee
Recently, the Ministry of Education and other eight departments issued the “Notice on Regulating the Establishment or Participation in the Establishment of Private Compulsory Education Schools.” The notice states that…
While many non-Chinese people in Singapore are competent users of chopsticks, even Singaporean Chinese people seldom use chopsticks when they are having casual rice meals. Chopsticks are almost exclusively used…
Chinese New Year show 2020. CCTV boasts that it was watched by 23% of the population. That 2020 installment featured Jackie Chan singing “Does it look like my country is…
5毛不是傻，就是坏. 。They are fully aware that they are dogs barking for their masters for some benefit. Zheng Guocheng is (was?) perhaps YouTube’s Number One 5毛 . Unlike Weibo and other…
Comrade Shi explores a very important city in Guangdong Province. It’s called Taishan (Toisan) 台山. Dubbed 全国第一桥乡, Taishan is famous for its emigrants. About 1.6 million of its former residents…
BEIJING — New coronavirus cases continue to grow in the major eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, with another 38 reported on Monday, bringing the total to more than 60 over…
Here’s another excellent presentation from Terence Shen on understanding the sometimes enigmatic Chinese psyche. There are two very significant points being raised here. The first one has to do with…
This is the famous Daliang Shan 大凉山 in Sichuan Province. The villagers who live at Xuanya (cliff) Village belong to the Yi minority 彝族 and are some of the poorest…
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This couple was confronted by officials who were there to inform them that their house had to be demolished (ostensibly to make way for new mega projects that flaunt wealth,…
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