Ikea Shanghai frowns on elderly daters who occupy cafeteria
Sad news for elderly lonely hearts in Shanghai: they can no longer look for love in Ikea. 对于孤单的上海老人来说，这可真是一个让人心碎的消息：他们再也不能在宜家约会了。 The Swedish furniture giant's Shanghai store has seen a strange phenomenon of …
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GM invests in Chinese startup Yi Wei Xing
General Motors has invested in a Chinese technology company that has built a service for arranging short-term car rentals, part of a broader push by the automaker to expand beyond …
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Your gift may be a taboo for Chinese people
Every culture values gift-giving as a way to strengthen relationships and build alliances. The Chinese people are no exception to this practice; however, certain gifts are viewed by the Chinese …
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Weibo overtakes Twitter in market cap
Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo overtook its US counterpart Twitter in market capitalization for the first time ever during trading on Monday. 在周一的股市交易中，中国社交媒体巨头新浪微博的市值首次超过其美国同行推特。 Nasdaq-listed Sina Weibo saw its market …
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How difficult is it to be accepted by your Chinese girlfriend’s parents?
Bruno Dubois, a 29-year-old Frenchman, was not surprised when news broke on October 9 that Chinese pop singer Zhang Liangying's mother strongly opposed her marriage. 10月9日，中国流行歌手张靓颖的妈妈，强烈抗议女儿婚事的新闻曝光，29岁的法国人布鲁诺•杜波依斯一点儿都不觉得奇怪。 Some Chinese parents tend …
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8 things you may not know about Frost’s Descent
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Frost's Descent (霜降, shuāng jiàng), the 18th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct. 23 …
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Hurun: China has more billionaires than the U.S.
China's annual rich list has indicated that, once again, the country has more dollar billionaires than the US, and the gap is widening. 中国年度富人榜再次表明，中国比美国有更多的亿万富翁，而且差距还在拉大。 Property magnate Wang Jianlin of Dalian …
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World’s oldest panda Jia Jia dies at 38
The death of panda Jia Jia, whose age in human terms was more than 100 years, was announced by the Hong Kong theme park where she lived. 死亡大熊猫名叫"佳佳"，日前佳佳所在的香港主题公园宣布了它的死讯，换算成人类的年龄的话，佳佳已经超过了100岁。 Her condition …
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How much do you know about Fujian cuisine?
Fujian Cuisine or Min Cuisine is one of the eight native Chinese cuisines. It originates from the southeastern province of Fujian, China. The history of the cuisine dates back 5,000 …
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China’s contact with the West began long before Marco Polo
Archaeologists say inspiration for the Terracotta Warriors, found at the Tomb of the First Emperor near today's Xian, may have come from Ancient Greece. 据考古学家表示，制作秦始皇陵兵马俑的灵感可能来自于古希腊。 They also say ancient Greek …
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