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PHOTOS: This is what one year's worth of Beijing pollution looks like

The Bejing microblogger who wants to make air quality problems 'understandable at a glance.'

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 04 November 2014

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

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 You Get 1 RMB Coins in Shanghai But Bills in Beijing

Ever wonder why you always get one yuan, five mao and one mao coins in Shanghai but in Beijing you get bills instead?

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 12 October 2014

Haidian beat Fangshan 47:0 in Beijing football match

At a Beijing Sports Federation match on Wednesday, Haidian triumphed over Fangshan 47:0.

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 26 July 2014

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

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

PHOTOS: 'Chiang Kai-shek' opens controversial new Beijing restaurant

Mr. Chiang's Out-of-Province Restaurant is the latest, and most controversial restaurant to open off of Beijing's Chang'an Avenue

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 21 August 2014

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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?

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January 17, 2021 at 9:45 am

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