China to reopen next week as Qing-style authoritarian shopping mall
By WEINI PUDynasty Correspondent (BEIJING) — China’s State Council has announced plans to close the mainland for a short period, and re-open as a Qing-style […]
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How to tell if you’re in a Chinese novel
Trapped in a world of endless classical allusion and non-stop eating? A rural backwater filled with sexual gossip and oddly colorful characters? Relax: You might […]
China invented whoring, too, probably: archaeologist
By DA FEIJILifestyle Correspondent XIAN (China Daily Show) – Call it the ‘Fifth Invention.’ Brothels and erotic scrolls, belonging to a previously undocumented ruling dynasty, […]
Santa Claus was Chinese, expert claims
By LAO SHOUXINGHistory Correspondent XIAN (China Daily Show) — He may be as American as apple pie and as much a part of Christmas as […]
Man whose ancestors invented calligraphy takes crap on subway
By LAO SHOUXINGHistory Correspondent BEIJING (China Daily Show) – When Beijing resident Yang Yulin, whose ethnic forebears developed movable type printing, paper and calligraphy techniques, […]
80% of Chinese cuisine “shanzhai”: expert
By MAN MANCHICulinary Correspondent SICHUAN (China Daily Show) — If the world’s first gastro-etymologist is to be believed, the majority of China’s beloved culinary creations […]
Archaeological evidence suggests Chinese people ‘once queued’
By LAO SHOUXINGHistory Correspondent HENAN (China Daily Show) — Archaeologists excavating a site near the Shang Dynasty (1766-1050 BC) capital of Yinxu made a startling […]