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…
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 — famous for his style of writing — wrote an essay…
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 societal pressure on women to get married (at the right…
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 ratio of women to men in China on a company’s…
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 flowers have a great importance to the Chinese people.
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 it any longer. I don’t know how to get away…
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.
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…
Tuidang is a Chinese word meaning withdraw. For the Chinese people, the Tuidang movement means to remove themselves from any affiliation with the Chinese Communist Party. This movement has gained…
Some ancient Chinese advisors led vast armies to suppress rebels, while others devised elaborate stratagems to eliminate political rivals. Yet others were like Yan Shu. Born in a peaceful era…
Wei Zheng, one of the most celebrated Chinese officials of the Tang Dynasty, defied his Emperor by slaying a sinful dragon. In his sleep.
The removing of the two-term limit for China’s president has sparked a wide-ranging debate regarding the nationality and foreign assets of its leaders.
Already by the end of the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history, the eating habits of the Chinese people were deeply influenced by terminology and etiquette from Confucianism.
Scientists in China have aligned fragments of bamboo with Chinese calligraphic writing on it to recreate a mathematical device used 2,300 years ago, making it the world’s oldest known decimal…
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