Love Is All Around(intiny,October 18)A better title for Love Is All Around would be "Scumbag Simulator."This overtly sexist dating simulator has recently gone viral in China for its crass storyline that has ...Love Is All Around(intiny,October 18)A better title for Love Is All Around would be "Scumbag Simulator."This overtly sexist dating simulator has recently gone viral in China for its crass storyline that has players step into the shoes of a failed entrepreneur who,inexplicably,attracts the advances of multiple women.展开更多
This is an insignificant village in an insignificant place.A little more than a dozen families live here,perhaps 20 at most.The fields are given over yearround to growing rice and rapeseed.Nobody grows much of anythin...This is an insignificant village in an insignificant place.A little more than a dozen families live here,perhaps 20 at most.The fields are given over yearround to growing rice and rapeseed.Nobody grows much of anything else.In the winter,after the rice is harvested,all that remains is the low stubble and the wide,deep marks left behind by the tracks of the harvester Before the first frost,the stubble wilts and dries out,turning the fields a pale,earthy yellow.展开更多
A young woman surnamed.Shi from Wuzhou,Guangxi,may have been one of the busiest people in China during the National Day holiday this October:She received 21 wedding invitations from colleagues,friends,and former class...A young woman surnamed.Shi from Wuzhou,Guangxi,may have been one of the busiest people in China during the National Day holiday this October:She received 21 wedding invitations from colleagues,friends,and former classmates,all scheduled during the seven-day break.On her busiest day,she attended five of them.展开更多
WHY DO SO MANY E-BIKES START FIRES IN CHINA?Around 3:30 a.m. on June 23, flames lit up surrounding highrises in Chengdu, Sichuan province-forming "mushroom clouds" of fumes hovering in the air, according to ...WHY DO SO MANY E-BIKES START FIRES IN CHINA?Around 3:30 a.m. on June 23, flames lit up surrounding highrises in Chengdu, Sichuan province-forming "mushroom clouds" of fumes hovering in the air, according to news reports. Allegedly started by a single electric bike which ignited around 200 bikes in a communal shed, the conflagration was finally put out by local firefighters after half an hour, fortunately with no casualties.展开更多
China in 1912:the most chaotic of times,the most hopeful of times.After popular uprisings swept the country,the Qing dynasty collapsed and the Republic of China was established on January 1,1912.Free of imperial rule,...China in 1912:the most chaotic of times,the most hopeful of times.After popular uprisings swept the country,the Qing dynasty collapsed and the Republic of China was established on January 1,1912.Free of imperial rule,China was ready to modernize,reform,and reinvent itself-but how?展开更多
Without sight,how does one engage with art?Curator Zhang Fen brings this question to the fore in the recent exhibition"Eyes and Beyond:Art Sharing Project for the Visually Impaired"at the Guangdong Museum of...Without sight,how does one engage with art?Curator Zhang Fen brings this question to the fore in the recent exhibition"Eyes and Beyond:Art Sharing Project for the Visually Impaired"at the Guangdong Museum of Art.Through the multi-sensory works of sculpture.展开更多
Like an album of B-sides and hidden tracks from a well-known musician,Feng Jicai’s Faces in the Crowd:36 Extraordinary Tales of Tianjin contains a few gems,a lot of quirkiness,and a fair amount of filler.
In classical Confucian belief utopia is where "the old are provdded for,the middle-aged are employed, the young are brought up, and all the widowed, orphaned, childless, and disabled are cared for"(老有所终...In classical Confucian belief utopia is where "the old are provdded for,the middle-aged are employed, the young are brought up, and all the widowed, orphaned, childless, and disabled are cared for"(老有所终,壮有所用,幼有所长.矜寡孤独废疾者皆有所养).展开更多
Modern approach to mastering 300 basic characters.A unique cartoon drawing for each character aids recollection.The formation of each character is learnt by the novel method of listening to and repeating a catchphrase...Modern approach to mastering 300 basic characters.A unique cartoon drawing for each character aids recollection.The formation of each character is learnt by the novel method of listening to and repeating a catchphrase.Pupils on average learn each character within 5 minutes.展开更多
As the so-called'IP fever'in China’s film industry sputters to a halt,producers are hoping animation will help boost a faltering business model.Originating from China’s online culture,'intellectual prope...As the so-called'IP fever'in China’s film industry sputters to a halt,producers are hoping animation will help boost a faltering business model.Originating from China’s online culture,'intellectual property'(IP)can refer to online novels,games,or streamed entertainment that are considered marketable as mainstream media.Ahead of this year’s international Licensing Expo,held in Shanghai from July 18 to 20,展开更多
How Han Han’s 1988 fails to deliver“八零后”的青春已经渐渐远去,而他们曾经的代言人韩寒却似乎并未长大Anyone who has been lumbered with the moniker“Spokesperson for a Generation”has quickly found it a millstone aroun...How Han Han’s 1988 fails to deliver“八零后”的青春已经渐渐远去,而他们曾经的代言人韩寒却似乎并未长大Anyone who has been lumbered with the moniker“Spokesperson for a Generation”has quickly found it a millstone around their neck.Bob Dylan despised it;for Kurt Cobain,the weight of expectation contributed to his suicide;and Douglas Coupland was asking for trouble with his books riffing on the nature of Generation X and Generation A.展开更多
Brand New from The World of Chinese Books.Sharing Stories,Sharing CultureCHINA IN SCOPE The real lives and stories of contemporary Chinese people through photographyCULTURAL FILES:INTANGIBLE HERITAGE Feast your eyes o...Brand New from The World of Chinese Books.Sharing Stories,Sharing CultureCHINA IN SCOPE The real lives and stories of contemporary Chinese people through photographyCULTURAL FILES:INTANGIBLE HERITAGE Feast your eyes on mouth-watering delicacies and truly magnificent traditionsCULTURAL FILES:CULTURAL RELICS A mysterious mountain mansion,kung fu fighting monks and all the places you will want to展开更多
Terence Hsieh takes us through Ann Hui's latest film—a biographical tale of female writer Xiao Hong that tells the story of a nation in flux—to learn more about a life lived in turmoil and an era of constant change
SELF-CHECKOUT CRIMINALS Self-checkout registers now exist around the world,but can we truly be trusted?Recently,the company Zhima Credit set up self-checkout stores in Beijing and Hangzhou to test the honesty of shopp...SELF-CHECKOUT CRIMINALS Self-checkout registers now exist around the world,but can we truly be trusted?Recently,the company Zhima Credit set up self-checkout stores in Beijing and Hangzhou to test the honesty of shoppers.In the experiment,the supermarket allowed customers to pay with cash or through Alipay(支付宝),and while the self-service approach saved time and prevented long queues,perhaps unsurprisingly,some customers展开更多
Pigs still can’t fly,but in a somewhat perverse flip-flop of that idiom,an overweight swan plummeted from the skies of Shanghai in early June because it was too fat to fly.A driver,surnamed Yu,was waiting to load up ...Pigs still can’t fly,but in a somewhat perverse flip-flop of that idiom,an overweight swan plummeted from the skies of Shanghai in early June because it was too fat to fly.A driver,surnamed Yu,was waiting to load up his car in展开更多
This crab-based baozi brings you the salty taste of the sea地道江南口味:香滋滋的蟹粉小笼包是怎么炼成的?There is no feeling quite like picking up a fresh dumpling on the verge of bursting out of its semi-transluscent s...This crab-based baozi brings you the salty taste of the sea地道江南口味:香滋滋的蟹粉小笼包是怎么炼成的?There is no feeling quite like picking up a fresh dumpling on the verge of bursting out of its semi-transluscent skin and nibbling a small hole in the skin to suck out the devilishly good filling:orgasmic.And while it’s a big wide world of dumplings展开更多
Three excellent stories from established sci-fi author Chi Hui—one on a planet of ice, one on a planet on fire, and one where the human race dreams of flight against the wishes of aggressive, legalistic alien overlords
文摘Love Is All Around(intiny,October 18)A better title for Love Is All Around would be "Scumbag Simulator."This overtly sexist dating simulator has recently gone viral in China for its crass storyline that has players step into the shoes of a failed entrepreneur who,inexplicably,attracts the advances of multiple women.
文摘This is an insignificant village in an insignificant place.A little more than a dozen families live here,perhaps 20 at most.The fields are given over yearround to growing rice and rapeseed.Nobody grows much of anything else.In the winter,after the rice is harvested,all that remains is the low stubble and the wide,deep marks left behind by the tracks of the harvester Before the first frost,the stubble wilts and dries out,turning the fields a pale,earthy yellow.
文摘A young woman surnamed.Shi from Wuzhou,Guangxi,may have been one of the busiest people in China during the National Day holiday this October:She received 21 wedding invitations from colleagues,friends,and former classmates,all scheduled during the seven-day break.On her busiest day,she attended five of them.
文摘WHY DO SO MANY E-BIKES START FIRES IN CHINA?Around 3:30 a.m. on June 23, flames lit up surrounding highrises in Chengdu, Sichuan province-forming "mushroom clouds" of fumes hovering in the air, according to news reports. Allegedly started by a single electric bike which ignited around 200 bikes in a communal shed, the conflagration was finally put out by local firefighters after half an hour, fortunately with no casualties.
文摘China in 1912:the most chaotic of times,the most hopeful of times.After popular uprisings swept the country,the Qing dynasty collapsed and the Republic of China was established on January 1,1912.Free of imperial rule,China was ready to modernize,reform,and reinvent itself-but how?
文摘Without sight,how does one engage with art?Curator Zhang Fen brings this question to the fore in the recent exhibition"Eyes and Beyond:Art Sharing Project for the Visually Impaired"at the Guangdong Museum of Art.Through the multi-sensory works of sculpture.
文摘Like an album of B-sides and hidden tracks from a well-known musician,Feng Jicai’s Faces in the Crowd:36 Extraordinary Tales of Tianjin contains a few gems,a lot of quirkiness,and a fair amount of filler.
文摘In classical Confucian belief utopia is where "the old are provdded for,the middle-aged are employed, the young are brought up, and all the widowed, orphaned, childless, and disabled are cared for"(老有所终,壮有所用,幼有所长.矜寡孤独废疾者皆有所养).
文摘Modern approach to mastering 300 basic characters.A unique cartoon drawing for each character aids recollection.The formation of each character is learnt by the novel method of listening to and repeating a catchphrase.Pupils on average learn each character within 5 minutes.
文摘As the so-called'IP fever'in China’s film industry sputters to a halt,producers are hoping animation will help boost a faltering business model.Originating from China’s online culture,'intellectual property'(IP)can refer to online novels,games,or streamed entertainment that are considered marketable as mainstream media.Ahead of this year’s international Licensing Expo,held in Shanghai from July 18 to 20,
文摘How Han Han’s 1988 fails to deliver“八零后”的青春已经渐渐远去,而他们曾经的代言人韩寒却似乎并未长大Anyone who has been lumbered with the moniker“Spokesperson for a Generation”has quickly found it a millstone around their neck.Bob Dylan despised it;for Kurt Cobain,the weight of expectation contributed to his suicide;and Douglas Coupland was asking for trouble with his books riffing on the nature of Generation X and Generation A.
文摘Brand New from The World of Chinese Books.Sharing Stories,Sharing CultureCHINA IN SCOPE The real lives and stories of contemporary Chinese people through photographyCULTURAL FILES:INTANGIBLE HERITAGE Feast your eyes on mouth-watering delicacies and truly magnificent traditionsCULTURAL FILES:CULTURAL RELICS A mysterious mountain mansion,kung fu fighting monks and all the places you will want to
文摘Terence Hsieh takes us through Ann Hui's latest film—a biographical tale of female writer Xiao Hong that tells the story of a nation in flux—to learn more about a life lived in turmoil and an era of constant change
文摘SELF-CHECKOUT CRIMINALS Self-checkout registers now exist around the world,but can we truly be trusted?Recently,the company Zhima Credit set up self-checkout stores in Beijing and Hangzhou to test the honesty of shoppers.In the experiment,the supermarket allowed customers to pay with cash or through Alipay(支付宝),and while the self-service approach saved time and prevented long queues,perhaps unsurprisingly,some customers
文摘Pigs still can’t fly,but in a somewhat perverse flip-flop of that idiom,an overweight swan plummeted from the skies of Shanghai in early June because it was too fat to fly.A driver,surnamed Yu,was waiting to load up his car in
文摘This crab-based baozi brings you the salty taste of the sea地道江南口味:香滋滋的蟹粉小笼包是怎么炼成的?There is no feeling quite like picking up a fresh dumpling on the verge of bursting out of its semi-transluscent skin and nibbling a small hole in the skin to suck out the devilishly good filling:orgasmic.And while it’s a big wide world of dumplings
文摘Three excellent stories from established sci-fi author Chi Hui—one on a planet of ice, one on a planet on fire, and one where the human race dreams of flight against the wishes of aggressive, legalistic alien overlords
