A blizzard dropped a record amount of snow on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states yesterday. Yet, they were not the only places that received a shocking amount of snow. This...
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Weibo (Chinese equivalent of Twitter) users have long been famous for their sense of humor and creativity. This has been proven yet again as they voiced their opinions over a...
Update 10/9: The New York Times interviewed Dr. Tu after her win. The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to Drs. William C. Campbell and...
This past weekend, Liu Cixin’s (刘慈欣) revered sci-fi novel The Three Body Problem 《三体》won the Hugo Award, a prestigious sci-fi and fantasy genre accolade, for Best Novel. First published in serial form in 2006 in Chinese...
Touching only briefly on Santa’s sweatshops and the kitschy, but endearing (when it comes to Christmas, it’s all good), ways China celebrates Christmas, The Atlantic teaches us about the Chinese spirit of Christmas...
December 13 marked the beginning of the Nanking Massacre (南京大屠杀 / 南京大屠殺) or the Rape of Nanking, a six-week period of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese soldiers against the civilian population...
Last week, China’s State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (?????????? / ??????????) announced a policy that bans the use of wordplay in media and ads ostensibly to...
Joining Pikachu, Paddington Bear, Dora the Explorer, and other balloons, falloons, balloonicles, and floats at the 88th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is the first ever Chinese-themed float. Sponsored by the Sino-American Friendship Association (美中友好协会...
What started in the 90s by students at Nanjing University as an anti-Valentine’s day is now the world’s busiest shopping day. 11/11, known as Singles’ Day (光棍节 / 光棍節) on account...
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We’ve been anticipating the English translation of Liu Cixin’s (刘慈欣 / 劉慈欣) popular sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem (三体 / 三體) since it was promised at MFA Lab’s sci-fi themed screening in April. Finally, the...