Family Relations I heard one of the criteria some girls use when looking for a boy friend is the boy doesn't have any parents. Is this correct? Its an over statement. But it certainly reflects the sensitive relationships in the Chinese family. In th...
Shanghai man. A: You don't act like a typical man from shanghai. for a man from shanghai, such a comment is both a complement and an offence. Usually he doesn't know how to respond. B: Why? A: because in northern china, man from shanghai usually per...
18. Chinese Beauty A: I heard there were four beautiful women in Chinese history Xi Shi、Wang Zhaojun、Diao Chan and Yang Yuhuan. Were they really so beautiful? B: None of the one thousandth to two thousandth your old portrays of these four women a...
17. Happy-go-lucky Chengdu A: People like to call Beijing a political city because its the capital and there are lots of bureaucrats. Even taxi drivers talk politics. Shanghai, on the other hand, is viewed as a city of fashions. Ever since the 1930s,...
16. Trendy Shanghai A: Some MNC employees in Shanghai prefer speaking English than Chinese. Many people disapprove of this phenomenon as a blind worship of western culture. B: Im not surprised that this could happen in Shanghai. As a poor city, Shang...
15. Beijings Identity A: Are you a Beijinger? B: Not really. I was born in Shandong, but was raised in Hubei. I came to Beijing when I was ten and have lived here ever since. So, you tell me if I qualify as a Beijinger? A: No, you are not a real Beij...
The Elegance of Tea-Drinking A: In classical novels, if someone drinks tea out of a big cup to quench his thirst, the word used to illustrate this action is drink, like a cow drinking water. Scholars would use fine cups to drink tea and the word to...
13. The Importance of Chopsticks A: In the 17th century when the British businessman heard that there were one hundred million people in China, he was determined to go there and sell spoons. He thought even if a spoon would only sell for one penny, h...
12. Red Chinas Favorite Color A: Chinese people also like the red color a lot. China used to be called the red country in the past. Even now, Chinese people like to refer ourselves as Chizi, meaning the red descendant. B: Traditionally, red represent...
Yellow: Chinas Favorite Color 黄，中国人崇尚的颜色 A：Chinese people seem to like the red and yellow colors a lot. The two colors are used for the Chinese national flag. They are also the predominant colors for the cover design of some important boo...
