Let's remove the common misperceptions surrounding Beijing Opera as a Chinese art form to better understand its unique and multifaceted storytelling approach. Here are five common myths eager to be...
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This week we spoke with Jesse Appell, an American comedian living in Beijing, about his views on Chinese comedy and performing for a Chinese audience. read short versionread full version How's...
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Halloween is coming fast! Is your costume ready? To kick-start your creative process, here's our shortlist of five Chinese culture-inspired Halloween costumes guaranteed to spark interest at parties, or at...
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Ever wondered how the Quotations from Chairman Mao started as an internal military handbook and became a blockbuster advice guide with total copies in print rivaling the Bible? Our curiosity...
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The China Simplified team shows what can happen when a naive foreigner turns what should be a “big face” gift into a complete disaster. Human beings throughout history have engendered...
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The modern Mid-Autumn Festival has, to some observers, become yet another example of our world’s rampant materialism, in which the act of gifting an expensive box – with all its...
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Duck is cooling, chicken is heaty. Green tea is cooling, black tea is heaty. Crabs are cooling, shrimp are heaty. To an outsider, these classifications might seem as random as the...
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They were born nearly 2400 years apart, but the similarities between these two great thinkers are well worth considering. This article written by Leo Timm was originally published in Epoch...
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China’s prolific history of innovation has generated much debate and speculation. Rather than wade through a long list of Chinese inventions, let’s focus on four major game-changers plus four lesser-knowns...
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The sheer volume of language learning advice out there is overwhelming, so why not let us streamline it for you into six highly practical and actionable recommendations?
