Screen Time: Two Generations Documented in the Deeply Moving ‘Four Springs’
The debut film by a 45-year-old amateur filmmaker. A shooting process that extended over four…
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Mandarin Monday: Choosing a Chinese Name 101
Elephant, Yolo, Little Dragon, Lucifer… we’ve all come across strange sounding English names that Chinese…
Mandarin Monday: Supermarket Run Faster with This Shopping Lingo
There are times when going to the mall or a grocery store is far better…
Mandarin Monday: Why Failing My New Year’s GoaI Just Bucked Me Up to Learn Chinese
If there’s one New Year’s resolution that I struggled to keep this 2018, that would…
Finding Beauty in the Ordinary: A Thought Provoking Art Exhibition in Caochangdi
When I was growing up art was my least favorite subject at school. Subsequently, visiting…
Some of the Earliest Known Photographs of China Now on Display at Tsinghua
A new exhibition at the Tsinghua University Art Museum titled Vision and Reflection: Photographs of China in the 19th…
5 Chinese Words that Should Exist in English
Even if you’ve only been living in China for a short while, chances are that…
Commonly-Used Chinese Idioms
Learning Chinese can be a real bear. Besides the writing system that shares no common…
Three Entertaining Chinese-Learning Apps for Kids
Educational studies have shown that children at a young age possess a natural ability to…
Birthmarks: a Kiss From an Angel or a Mark of the Devil?
From a medical perspective, birthmarks are simply the result of excess skin pigment or increased…