China’s Han Dynasty (漢朝), founded in 202 B.C., lasted four centuries and inspired the modern name of the Han people, who make up over 90 percent of China’s 1.4 billion population today. But in many ways, the Han Dynasty’s rise…
Reports showing that a Chinese company sold and shipped over 250,000 unsafe doses of an infant vaccine have created massive public outrage, while the communist authorities act to censor information and discussion about the scandal.
In the small Balkan nation of Montenegro, Chinese loans are driving the construction of a 165-kilometer (103-mile) expressway through a challenging stretch of mountainous territory.
A recent trend has come to light in China as students denounce their professors before college administrators. Consequently, several professors have lost their positions and many in the academic community have since become leery about what they say to their students.
Now, instead of requiring permission to give birth, women in southern China’s Jiangxi Province require permission to have an abortion.
Legend has it that chopsticks were invented by Emperor Yu the Great, who was once stranded on an island and started cooking some meat. His hunger uncontrollable, he used two twigs to remove the delicious meal from the fireplace, creating…
The Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, is one of the oldest and most popular traditional Chinese festivals. This year, 2018, it falls on June 18.
In China, Zhuge Liang’s wisdom and talent as a military strategist are well known. He had a strong build and stood eight feet tall. Needless to say, he easily captured peoples’ attention. Nonetheless, when he married Huang Yueying, everyone began…
Most ancient Chinese sovereigns could enlighten to some encoded meaning in music and placed great importance on what it signified. It’s been a common belief throughout Chinese history that music can express the ideas or feelings of the sovereign, its…
Chinese culture is important, as it plays a significant role in defining every aspect of a Chinese individual’s life. This includes the way the individual conducts business, how one treats the family and elders, how responsibilities are distributed in a…
China’s Han Dynasty (漢朝), founded in 202 B.C., lasted four centuries and inspired the modern name of the Han people, who make up over 90 percent of China’s 1.4 billion…
Reports showing that a Chinese company sold and shipped over 250,000 unsafe doses of an infant vaccine have created massive public outrage, while the communist authorities act to censor information…
In the small Balkan nation of Montenegro, Chinese loans are driving the construction of a 165-kilometer (103-mile) expressway through a challenging stretch of mountainous territory.
A recent trend has come to light in China as students denounce their professors before college administrators. Consequently, several professors have lost their positions and many in the academic community have…
Now, instead of requiring permission to give birth, women in southern China’s Jiangxi Province require permission to have an abortion.
Legend has it that chopsticks were invented by Emperor Yu the Great, who was once stranded on an island and started cooking some meat. His hunger uncontrollable, he used two…
The Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, is one of the oldest and most popular traditional Chinese festivals. This…
In China, Zhuge Liang’s wisdom and talent as a military strategist are well known. He had a strong build and stood eight feet tall. Needless to say, he easily captured…
Most ancient Chinese sovereigns could enlighten to some encoded meaning in music and placed great importance on what it signified. It’s been a common belief throughout Chinese history that music…
Chinese culture is important, as it plays a significant role in defining every aspect of a Chinese individual’s life. This includes the way the individual conducts business, how one treats…
Is money a subject of traditional Chinese medicine? Not at all. Yet, during the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Yue, a high official in the imperial household —…
Chinese women have had to put up with one of the worst forms of emotional and mental harassment, unfortunately, even at the hands of their own parents. The family and…
Women in China are changing the corporate culture — you are more likely to find women in senior management positions in China compared to most developed and developing nations. The…
Hong Kong’s Flower Show in March 2018 opened up to much fanfare and celebration as it honored the joy of blooming flowers. This annual show is always a success as…
After suffering long-term oppression from his advisor, a 3rd-year graduate student, Tao Chongyuan, from Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in Hubei Province, China, told his mother: “Mom, I can’t stand…
Thirty years of marriage to a Shanghainese-born wife has taught me a few lessons about her culture. One of them is that bargaining in China is a national pastime.
Amid the serious discussions and debates on China’s political atmosphere, the Bank of China has made a decision to pledge 10 billion yuan (US$1.5 billion) to build a huge conservation park…
A recent photo on the Internet showed a white-haired elderly man riding on the subway in Hong Kong with a heavy-duty public garbage bin. The man, 69-year-old Bo Yuan, lives…
China has one of the lowest levels of milk consumption in the world at about 20.3 liters of per capita consumption according to 2016 statistics. In contrast, Ireland has a per capita…
During the Han Dynasty, there was a poor young man named Cai Shun. His mother loved mulberries, so he often went to pick them for her. It was his custom…
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