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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

TDIH: Chiang Yee – Artist, Writer & Silent Traveller

Only the third blue plaque honoring a Chinese person.

by Paul French, 29 June 2023

Explainer: The Fishy Chinese Origin of Ketchup

The word ketchup has Fujian roots, but does it hold any other resemblance to its ancestry?

by Joshua Cawthorpe, 28 August 2020

This Day in History: Pearl S. Buck's 'The Good Earth' Published

Hailed in the West as the most important book about China since 'The Travels of Marco Polo'.

by Ned Kelly, 02 March 2023

Imperial Pets: Furry Friends in the Forbidden City

Giraffes, lions, leopards, ostriches and zebras oh my!

by Ned Kelly, 31 August 2023

Stunning Photos Capture Second Opium War and Warlord Era China

From the Second Opium War and Warlord Era to the 1930s.

by Ned Kelly, 02 August 2019

Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's Man in China

"He was a bounder, but bounding is no sin in the sun."

by JFK Miller, 05 August 2020

Explainer: Everything You Need to Know About the Party Congress

What's the deal with those meetings in Beijing this week?

by That's, 17 October 2017

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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

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