An introduction to Chinese calligraphy ChinaMusic, Art & CinemaTopics of the World May 15, 2013 1 The formation and development of crafting Chinese letters, Chinese calligraphy or 書法 (shū fă), is strongly connected [...]
Tomb Sweeping day in China ChinaPeopleTopics of the World April 17, 2013 Two PocketCultures readers from China wrote in with this post about tomb sweeping day in China, which [...]
Author Tash Aw on moving to China and the South Asian novel Across culturesBooksChinaMalaysiaPeople of the World April 11, 2013 Recently I had the privelege of interviewing Malaysian author Tash Aw for the review site Bookmunch.
Stephen, from London to Beijing ChinaPeople of the WorldUK November 1, 2012 Stephen is from Britain met his American educated Chinese partner in Venezuela. After a long-distance relationship, they [...]
Picture Postcards: A fridge in China ChinaTopics of the World July 15, 2012 Photo taken by lhepler on Flickr.
Infographic: Top languages on the Internet ChinaLanguagesRussiaScience & TechnologyTopics of the WorldUKUSA October 14, 2011 As the number of web users grows around the world, languages on the internet have continued to [...]
A mission to understand the youth of the world Across culturesChinaIndiaPeople of the WorldUK October 13, 2011 1 Adrian Fisk is the photographer behind the photos of young people from China and India we’ve featured [...]
Do not judge China from the media: iSpeak China ChinaPeople of the World September 29, 2011 1 Photographer Adrian Fisk travelled around China and India asking young people what they think about life. The [...]
High Turnover in Hong Kong ChinaEconomyHong KongTopics of the World September 21, 2011 3 It has been a terrible week of awareness. When people say that change is the only constant, [...]
Falling in love with a Chinese man ChinaFinlandPeople of the World September 15, 2011 2 Sara, who is a Finnish girl living in China, recently wrote a post on Seeing Red in [...]
Living in Hong Kong ChinaEconomyHong KongPeopleTopics of the World September 2, 2011 1 I live in a small Hong Kong apartment – 450 square feet, barely enough for me to walk [...]
My English is not your English ChinaEconomyIndiaLanguagesSingaporeTopics of the WorldUKUSA April 6, 2011 10 Is ‘disorientated’ a word? Ask someone from the USA, and they are likely to say no. But [...]