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How to Sing and Dance the Little Apple Song (小苹果) Posted by sasha on Sep 24, 2014
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months in China, you’ve probably heard the song “Little Apple” (小苹果 – xiǎo píng guǒ) a million times. The viral hit by the group Chopstick Brothers (筷子兄弟 – kuài zi xiōng dì) seems to be around every corner these days, and it’s definitely one…
A Day on Hong Kong Island Posted by sasha on Sep 22, 2014
Ride the tram, the subway, the bus, and the escalator around Hong Kong island in one awesome day. Munch on dim sum, visit Victoria Park, hit some trendy shops, head up to the Peak, and party hard in LKF. All in a day’s work on Hong Kong island. 香港 – xiāng gǎng Hong Kong 点心…
An Introduction to Cantonese Posted by sasha on Sep 21, 2014
Earlier this month, we had a post introducing Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. There was also the “Hong Kong to Kunming Overland” post to help you plan an epic trip across southern China. As some of you may know, they speak a different kind of Chinese down there. In Hong Kong…
An Inner Mongolia Adventure Posted by sasha on Sep 12, 2014
Once upon a time, I headed to a train ticket office in Beijing with a list of destinations that I was considering traveling to for the National Holiday (国庆节 – guó qìng jié). My girlfriend hadn’t been in China for that long, and she really hadn’t seen much outside of Beijing. It being one of…
100 Most Common Chinese Characters (61-80) Posted by sasha on Sep 9, 2014
Keep on practicing the 100 most common Chinese characters with the 4th video that teaches you characters #61-80: 没 – méi is not, have not 日 – rì sun, day 于 – yú in, at, for, to, by 起 – qǐ rise, start 还 – hái still, yet 发 – fā send, deliver 成 –…
Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Cakes Posted by sasha on Sep 5, 2014
Next Monday (9/8) is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节 – zhōng qiū jié) in China and Vietnam. This fall harvest festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month on the eve of a bright full moon (满月 – mǎn yuè) and it’s all about gathering the family together and gazing at the moon…
Better Know a… SAR (Hong Kong) Posted by sasha on Sep 3, 2014
In the last edition of the “Better Know a…” series here, we visited Shanxi province up in the north of China. Since there’s going to be a ton of new stuff on the blog this fall about the south given my recent Hong Kong to Kunming overland trip, I figured now is as good a…