2010/1/12 0:00:00
A young female artist's recent exhibition of her sex-themed oil paintings on the streets of downtown Beijing has roused controversy, according to a report on Sichuan Online.
Yi Yang's exhibition entitled "Sheng Nv -- Don't Get Married and Enjoy Deceiving Men!" encouraged young single females to reconsider marriage.
The 28-yea...
2010/1/10 0:00:00
Singing in shivering vibrato, modestly draped in sparse piano, Chris Garneau is the kind of artist that reminds us pain is sweet, there is still a thing called songwriting and people will never lose their taste for either.
Kicking off his second Asian tour with a subdued yet impressive New Year’s Day turnout at Beijing’s Yugong Yishan, Garneau is back on the Chinese mainland with his brand of N...
2010/1/8 0:00:00
A wildlife park in SouthwestChina's Chongqing municipality put its one-month-old tiger triplets on show Saturday, allowing visitors to cuddle and pose for photos with the three little cats.
The tiger cubs soon found favor with tourists, who queued for a chance to get up close and personal with the cute furry babies.
Although the Chinese Yearof the Tiger o cially beginson February 14, Chinese ...
2010/1/7 0:00:00
With so many choices out there in Xiamen, sometimes it's hard to choose a wine to drink or bring to a dinner party based on just a price. Probably at one time or another we have all gone by the Xiamen rule, if it's under 100 yuan it probably won't taste as good as something over 100 yuan. That is only partially true. We invited both Gabriel Suk and Dorian Tang to gives us some tips and valu...
2010/1/6 0:00:00
Many Western practitioners are flocking to Beijing's biggest monuments for fengshui lessons despite skepticism.
The ancient art of Chinese geomancy, also known as fengshui, has taken a trendy turn over the past few years in expat circles and many Western practitioners are flocking to Beijing's biggest monuments for lessons in fengshui.
James Jay, CEO of the fengshui resource center, Feng Shui...
2010/1/5 0:00:00
Do Chinese have real friendships?
Interesting article. But it shouldn't be: "Can Laowai make real friends." I think the article should be titled: "Do Chinese have real friendships?"
If someone doesn't want to invite people over to their house because their living conditions might make them lose face, then naturally they will think in the same way when they go to the country-side and look down ...
2010/1/5 0:00:00
When I awoke Saturday morning to noticeable snowfall on my windowsill, my reaction was far from annoyance or any type of discomfort. "Good," said to myself. "It sure is needed."
I have been in Beijing three years and seen a paltry combined accumulation of about six inches in that time - and most of that came earlier this winter. Cold, windy weather without snowfall is merely a hardship. It's t...
2010/1/5 0:00:00
A senior police officer in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, has come under fire for hosting a lavish wedding reception for his daughter at a five-star hotel, with netizens and local media wondering how a public servant can acquire so much money.
There were more than 110 tables full of wedding guests at the party, which was held in a 1,000-sq-m banquet hall in the Kempinski Hotel on Sunday.
The me...
2010/1/4 0:00:00
Recently, a batch of counterfeit RMB notes starting with serial number “WN12” and "YE62" has been found in the market, according to the Guangzhou Daily.
This fake money has a higher quality than the “HD90” and “HB90” which were first found in Guangdong province, where about 90 percent of the nation's counterfeit money comes from.
Experts say this counterfeit money is hardly distinguishable fro...
2010/1/3 0:00:00
Do you know what China's most popular IM software is?
If your answer is Windows Live Message or whatever except QQ, sorry, you've already lost a point with your new found friend, or even worse, you can't really find a local Chinese friend at all.
It is true that Western-based IMs are also in use in China. However, most of the local Chinese still tend to use Tencents QQ. Checking their QQ mess...