USA and China Reach Historic Agreements Posted by sasha on Nov 19, 2014
While there was a lot of joking around in Beijing last week about the “APEC blue” sky, big things happened behind closed doors at the conference – especially between the US and China. Barack Obama and Xi Jinping made a couple of historic agreements under the temporarily clear blue Beijing sky in what many are…
Chinese Dating Game Shows Posted by sasha on Nov 17, 2014
Since I talked about online dating in the last post, I figured I might as well jump into the wild world of Chinese dating game shows today. Alongside the explosion of the online dating market in China, game shows full of young Chinese who are single and ready to mingle have also gotten incredibly popular…
A Guide to the Internet in China – Online Dating Posted by sasha on Nov 12, 2014
It’s been a while since our last post about the Internet in China, so here are links to previous posts in case you missed out and are interested: Intro Censorship Social Media Online Gaming Internet Addiction E-Commerce For our final post, we’ll look at the wonderful world of online dating in China. How fitting, seeing…
Why I Moved from Beijing to Kunming Posted by sasha on Nov 10, 2014
Last year, my girlfriend and I made the decision to leave our good jobs, nice apartment, and generally awesome life in Beijing to go on an extended backpacking trip and eventually end up down in southwest China in Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan. For our last few weeks in Beijing, our students kept asking…
Beijing World Park Video Tour Posted by sasha on Nov 7, 2014
Take a video tour of the Beijing World Park (北京世界公园 – běi jīng shì jiè gōng yuán), a theme park that allows you to travel around the world in just a couple of hours on the outskirts of the Chinese capital. Containing scaled-down replicas of famous landmarks from over 40 countries, it’s actually quite an…
Beijing’s APEC Holiday Posted by sasha on Nov 5, 2014
A huge part of Chinese culture is the concept of “face” (面子 – miàn zi). This basically means one’s reputation, and it goes for all social circles – family, friends, business, and society at large. Beijing’s horrible air pollution is notorious, and it is unfortunately one of the first things that comes to mind when the…
Halloween in China – Plants vs. Zombies Posted by sasha on Nov 3, 2014
Halloween is becoming more and more popular in China with each passing year. You may be surprised to see just how cool a Chinese Halloween party can be. The Bird and Flower Market of Kunming turns into a haunted maze occupied by zombies in this spooky video. 万圣节派对 – wàn shèng jié pài duì Halloween…