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Explainer: How May 1 Became International Workers' Day

Why does China have a holiday for wrongly executed US terror suspects?

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 26 April 2023

Explainer: Why is Chinese New Year Called 'Spring Festival'?

Why doesn't everyone call it that, and why is there no Winter Festival or Summer Festival?

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 21 January 2020

Take a look inside Beijing's most expensive home - the 'floating courtyard'

Capital's swankiest flat is a siheyuan in the sky.

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 15 May 2015

The dead get walking: 'bizarre dress' and 'horror makeup' banned from Beijing Subway

Zombies, ghosts and ghouls of all description no longer welcome on city trains.

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 14 May 2015

Beijing commuters feel the wind in their hair after subway doors refuse to close

Pilot scheme for open-air sightseeing car shelved.

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 11 May 2015

KMT head Eric Chu meets Xi Jinping, reaffirming 'common destiny' for Taiwan and Chinese mainland

Historic visit by Kuomintang chairman to PRC capital.

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 04 May 2015

China Chronicles: The Burning of the Old Summer Palace

Poking at one of the deepest scars in the national psyche.

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 20 April 2015

China's first-ever aerial photos show the devastation of anti-foreign Boxer Uprising

Before there were drones, there were balloons.

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 16 April 2015

Recent Comments

Thanks for the overview of the new HSK standards. It gave me a much better picture of the changes in the exam. I've also found vocabulary lists for the new HSK levels: https://www.hackchinese.com/exams/New%20HSK%203. It looks like a good resource for HSK test preparation.

Jina

April 27, 2021 at 18:10 pm

Indeed.. Good writing.

theCalmer

April 14, 2021 at 18:44 pm

Is this still there?

mrangry

January 17, 2021 at 9:45 am

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