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 […]
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Know Your Chinese Holidays: Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
It’s that time of the year again – the one where you get an extra day off. But what does the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival mean, exactly, and […]
So it’s come to this? Remembering the ‘New York Times’ China bureau (1852-2013)
On the 18th December, the deadline for the first J visa for the New York Times’s China bureau expires, and the world will discover if Beijing […]
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, […]
Court: Bo Xilai’s wife admits guilt, penis
By XIAO DIDIPolitics Correspondent BEIJING (China Daily Show) – The endgame in the Bo Xilai case may have finally been reached, after full blame was […]
China agrees to send Newt Gingrich into space
By KONGJIAN JINGSAISpace Correspondent GOBI DESERT (China Daily Show) – Nearly half a century after the Soviet Union put the first man into space, China has finally […]
Those Gaokao exam questions in full
Editor’s note: this year, nine million students sat their gaokao, a standardized exam that determines college admissions. This intense exam can be the key to a […]
Official Report: The weather in Beijing is very gray but that is how we like it
Official Report By GONG CHANDANGCommunications Correspondent BEIJING (Ministry of Truthfulness) – A long time ago, in a country far away, in China, there lived a […]
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 […]
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 […]