Alipay to charge users a fee for money transfer
ALIPAY will start to charge users a fee when they make transfers from their account balance to their debit cards, following a similar move by rival Tencent's WeChat Pay earlier …
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Strongest typhoon Meranti slams into Xiamen, causing mayhem
Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes, but there were no reports of more casualties in …
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What’s your favorite mooncake?
To celebrate the Mid-Autumn holiday, Chinese eat mooncakes. Today, there are many different flavors of mooncakes available in stores. Particularly unique flavors attract hundreds of 'foodies' from China and abroad. …
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Stephen Hawking talks about Chinese mooncake on Weibo
Celebrated cosmologist, occasional Simpsons star and Weibo celebrity Stephen Hawking is getting into the spirit of Mid-Autumn Festival by asking for mooncake recommendations. The traditional Chinese "treat" can be filled …
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Mid-Autumn Festival can be funny: Mooncake gambling
Mooncake gambling, or bobing (博饼-bó bǐnɡ) as it is known in Chinese, is complicated and insightful, and comes into its own in Xiamen for the festival. Around that time, locals …
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The folk legend about the Mid-Autumn Festival
Every holiday or festival has its story or background. The stories and legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival are quite interesting. There are many magical legends explaining the origin of the …
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Mid-Autumn Festival: What to do and what to eat
The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important traditional festival in China (the most important one is Chinese New Year). There are many traditional and new celebrations. Read on to …
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Adaptation of “Dream of the Red Chamber” performed at SFOpera
It was a week before the premiere, and Bright Sheng, the composer and co-librettist of the new opera "Dream of the Red Chamber," was already bracing for the backlash. 在距离首演还有一周的时候，新歌剧《红楼梦》的主创人员之一盛宗亮已经迎来了反对的声音。 …
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Palace Museum to open three more routes
The Palace Museum has announced plans to open its western routes on Sept. 29. The royal icehouse, imperial kitchen and Yuqing Palace (the crown prince's residence) will be opened to …
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How to make a traditional Chinese mooncake
Mooncakes are traditional Chinese pastries that are made during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated in China and some other Asian countries. Mooncakes are usually round, made in a special …
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