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GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA This story is published as part of TWOC’s new collaboration with Story FM, a renowned storytelling podcast in China. It has been translated from Chinese by TWOC and edited for clarity. The original can be listened to on Story FM’s channel on Himalaya and Apple Podcasts (in Chinese only).. According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW “My happiest time is when I read your letters,” goes a letter from the long-lost Japanese daughter of “Grandma” Chen Huimin, a Chinese foster mother played by Wu Yanshu in director Peng Fei’s Tracing Her Shadow.. In Peng’s movie, these old letters are all that remains of a mother-daughter bond born out of the tragedy of the warwith Japan.
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YUAN LONGPING On May 22, legendary agronomist Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice,” sadly passed away in a hospital in Changsha, Hunan province, at the age of 91.Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries, made in the 1970s, created high-yield hybrid rice strains that are estimated to have helped feed an additional 80 million people in China eachyear.
WHY DO SO MANY CHINESE OPPOSE SURROGACY? “The disregard for life is heinous,” CCTV railed in a recent Weibo post written in response to a massive surrogacy scandal that has engulfed actress Zheng Shuang. CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” a lonely waiter reflects that he is one “of those who like to stay late at the caféwith those who do not want to go to bed. MAPPING CHINESE MEMORY Among the works displayed is his famous Map of Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, commissioned by the Guggenheim in 2017.. Painted in the style of a traditional Chinese ink painting, this massive artwork takes up six panels. From afar, it is surprisingly devoid of color and lacks the typical visual cues which encourage oneto get closer.
THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotionTREASURE TRAIL
This was the beginning of many twists in the fate of the Hejiacun Hoard. In 1970, the Cultural Revolution’s destructive campaigns against ancient relics and academic institutions had just cooled off, and journals reported the astounding archaeological discovery (though all were careful to note that it “revealed the exploiting class squandered the wealth created by the working SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE ABC sitcom Fresh off the Boat, credited with teaching mainstream America many Chinese cultural norms, contains an episode in which Chinese-American mother Jessica Huang acts touched to see her son, Eddie, bringing home a “Chinese girlfriend” who took off her shoes before entering their home.But how did this custom start, and is it still prevalent among Chinese today? AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY As a drop out at 11 and working three jobs to support three children, the Beijing street cleaner story of Xu Pingru displays China's migranthardships.
GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA This story is published as part of TWOC’s new collaboration with Story FM, a renowned storytelling podcast in China. It has been translated from Chinese by TWOC and edited for clarity. The original can be listened to on Story FM’s channel on Himalaya and Apple Podcasts (in Chinese only).. According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW “My happiest time is when I read your letters,” goes a letter from the long-lost Japanese daughter of “Grandma” Chen Huimin, a Chinese foster mother played by Wu Yanshu in director Peng Fei’s Tracing Her Shadow.. In Peng’s movie, these old letters are all that remains of a mother-daughter bond born out of the tragedy of the warwith Japan.
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YUAN LONGPING On May 22, legendary agronomist Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice,” sadly passed away in a hospital in Changsha, Hunan province, at the age of 91.Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries, made in the 1970s, created high-yield hybrid rice strains that are estimated to have helped feed an additional 80 million people in China eachyear.
WHY DO SO MANY CHINESE OPPOSE SURROGACY? “The disregard for life is heinous,” CCTV railed in a recent Weibo post written in response to a massive surrogacy scandal that has engulfed actress Zheng Shuang. CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” a lonely waiter reflects that he is one “of those who like to stay late at the caféwith those who do not want to go to bed. MAPPING CHINESE MEMORY Among the works displayed is his famous Map of Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, commissioned by the Guggenheim in 2017.. Painted in the style of a traditional Chinese ink painting, this massive artwork takes up six panels. From afar, it is surprisingly devoid of color and lacks the typical visual cues which encourage oneto get closer.
THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotionTREASURE TRAIL
This was the beginning of many twists in the fate of the Hejiacun Hoard. In 1970, the Cultural Revolution’s destructive campaigns against ancient relics and academic institutions had just cooled off, and journals reported the astounding archaeological discovery (though all were careful to note that it “revealed the exploiting class squandered the wealth created by the working SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE ABC sitcom Fresh off the Boat, credited with teaching mainstream America many Chinese cultural norms, contains an episode in which Chinese-American mother Jessica Huang acts touched to see her son, Eddie, bringing home a “Chinese girlfriend” who took off her shoes before entering their home.But how did this custom start, and is it still prevalent among Chinese today? THE WORLD OF CHINESE MAGAZINE The World of Chinese is a bi-monthly English magazine and web portal dedicated to Chinese language and culture. Our mission is to share cover stories, recipes, language tips, travel and culture features that entertain, inform and connect the growing number of Chinese learners and people interested in China. Our content aims to bring and depth and color to China\'s contemporary trends, throw 2021: A MARS CAMP ODYSSEY 2021: A Mars Camp Odyssey. As China’s space program sets its sights on the Red Planet, a barren desert in Qinghai is becoming an oasis for simulated space travel CHINA'S LONG HISTORY OF EATING RAW FISH Sashimi may now be considered a classic Japanese dish, but China has its own ancient tradition of consuming raw fish (生鱼). It’s a long history, stretching back as far as the Zhou dynasty (1046 – 246 BCE), with the delicacy becoming increasingly fashionable over thecenturies.
WHY DO SO MANY CHINESE OPPOSE SURROGACY? “The disregard for life is heinous,” CCTV railed in a recent Weibo post written in response to a massive surrogacy scandal that has engulfed actress Zheng Shuang. SALTED FISH LYING FLAT: CHINA'S LATEST BUZZWORD IS OLDER Another day, another attempt by English-language media to sniff out the seeds of revolution. Multiple international news outlets have recently latched onto two Chinese internet buzzwords: “Lying flat” (躺平) and “involution” (内卷). THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHINESE GARDENS OUTSIDE OF CHINA If you have never been to China but you are dying to know how does the traditional garden looks like, here is the lest of gardens locatedoutside of China
BADASS LADIES OF CHINESE HISTORY: LIN SINIANG Martial arts child prodigy, prostitute, femme fatale, and teenage war chief. With a tale as exciting as this, it can be hard to determine which aspects of Lin Siniang’s life are real and which are myth. TOP 10 RULES FOR A CHINESE MOTHER-TO-BE Top 10 Rules for a Chinese Mother-to-be. Every culture has rules for pregnant women. And some are more universal: no drinking, no serving as the stunt double in action movies, etc. WICKED WITCHES OF THE EAST While Halloween may not be widely celebrated in the East, Chinese folklore is still full of the uncanny and macabre. There’s no shortage of witchcraft or black magic, which has bubbled just below the surface for most of China’s history, rising up from time to timeto take its toll.
GOLD IN ANCIENT CHINA All over the world, gold has long been regarded as one of, if not, the most precious and valuable material. While ancient European, Egyptian, south west Asian, and Indian civilizations attached a supreme measure of value to gold, and even though in modern China recently there has been a growing wide gulf of demand, production, and consumption, somehow, this was not the case in Ancient China. THE WORLD OF CHINESE MAGAZINECULTURELANGUAGETRAVELFOODNEWSTWOC TV The World of Chinese is a bi-monthly English magazine and web portal dedicated to Chinese language and culture. Our mission is to share cover stories, recipes, language tips, travel and culture features that entertain, inform and connect the growing number of Chinese learners and people interested in China. Our content aims to bring and depth and color to China\'s contemporary trends, throw AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist. SANXINGDUI CULTURE MAKES WAVES IN CHINA The standing bronze figure with long robe and crown was excavated from Sanxingdui in 1986. At 1.8 meters tall, with a base over 2.6 meters high, it is the tallest human statue yet to be unearthed in China.MOUNTAIN ECHOES
Mountain Echoes. In the past year, the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture has been declared a “final battleground” in the national campaign against poverty. Its newly built roads were traversed daily by dozens of journalists from around the country, reporting inspirational news of “ cliff villagers ” moving downthe mountain
TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for theVIRAL WEEK EP. 283
Viral Week Ep. 283. Viral Week is our weekly round-up of the weekend’s trending memes, humor, rumor, gossip, and everything else Chinese netizens are chatting about. This week, milk tea shop slammed for sexist ad, fame proves problematic for a mini Jack Ma, ancient tombs uncovered by construction in Xi’an, and a liquor expert isnominated
GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 was 9.2 percent. This means that about 530,000 girls under 20 became pregnant and gave birth that year. In 2018, a number of internet celebrities who made videos about being teen mothers appeared on FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YUAN LONGPING On May 22, legendary agronomist Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice,” sadly passed away in a hospital in Changsha, Hunan province, at the age of 91.Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries, made in the 1970s, created high-yield hybrid rice strains that are estimated to have helped feed an additional 80 million people in China eachyear.
THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion NAADAM | THE WORLD OF CHINESETRANSLATE THIS PAGE The biggest date in the Mongolian minority (蒙古族 Měnggǔzú) calendar is Naadam, meaning “manly games.”. Mongolians from around China celebrate with three days of testosterone-fuelled madness. Picture masses of Mongolians, galloping on horseback, wrestling each other to the ground and firing arrows into targets. THE WORLD OF CHINESE MAGAZINECULTURELANGUAGETRAVELFOODNEWSTWOC TV The World of Chinese is a bi-monthly English magazine and web portal dedicated to Chinese language and culture. Our mission is to share cover stories, recipes, language tips, travel and culture features that entertain, inform and connect the growing number of Chinese learners and people interested in China. Our content aims to bring and depth and color to China\'s contemporary trends, throw AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist. SANXINGDUI CULTURE MAKES WAVES IN CHINA The standing bronze figure with long robe and crown was excavated from Sanxingdui in 1986. At 1.8 meters tall, with a base over 2.6 meters high, it is the tallest human statue yet to be unearthed in China.MOUNTAIN ECHOES
Mountain Echoes. In the past year, the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture has been declared a “final battleground” in the national campaign against poverty. Its newly built roads were traversed daily by dozens of journalists from around the country, reporting inspirational news of “ cliff villagers ” moving downthe mountain
TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for theVIRAL WEEK EP. 283
Viral Week Ep. 283. Viral Week is our weekly round-up of the weekend’s trending memes, humor, rumor, gossip, and everything else Chinese netizens are chatting about. This week, milk tea shop slammed for sexist ad, fame proves problematic for a mini Jack Ma, ancient tombs uncovered by construction in Xi’an, and a liquor expert isnominated
GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 was 9.2 percent. This means that about 530,000 girls under 20 became pregnant and gave birth that year. In 2018, a number of internet celebrities who made videos about being teen mothers appeared on FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YUAN LONGPING On May 22, legendary agronomist Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice,” sadly passed away in a hospital in Changsha, Hunan province, at the age of 91.Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries, made in the 1970s, created high-yield hybrid rice strains that are estimated to have helped feed an additional 80 million people in China eachyear.
THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion NAADAM | THE WORLD OF CHINESETRANSLATE THIS PAGE The biggest date in the Mongolian minority (蒙古族 Měnggǔzú) calendar is Naadam, meaning “manly games.”. Mongolians from around China celebrate with three days of testosterone-fuelled madness. Picture masses of Mongolians, galloping on horseback, wrestling each other to the ground and firing arrows into targets. 2021: A MARS CAMP ODYSSEY 2021: A Mars Camp Odyssey. As China’s space program sets its sights on the Red Planet, a barren desert in Qinghai is becoming an oasis for simulated space travel CHINA'S LONG HISTORY OF EATING RAW FISH Sashimi may now be considered a classic Japanese dish, but China has its own ancient tradition of consuming raw fish (生鱼). It’s a long history, stretching back as far as the Zhou dynasty (1046 – 246 BCE), with the delicacy becoming increasingly fashionable over thecenturies.
SALTED FISH LYING FLAT: CHINA'S LATEST BUZZWORD IS OLDER Another day, another attempt by English-language media to sniff out the seeds of revolution. Multiple international news outlets have recently latched onto two Chinese internet buzzwords: “Lying flat” (躺平) and “involution” (内卷).THE GREAT EDUCATOR
The Great Educator. It was May 1919, and from a small desk in his simple office at Peking University, Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培) could see the campus buzzing with activity. For days now, his students–and several of his faculty–had been busy giving speeches, preparing pamphlets, and painting signs denouncing imperialism and thefecklessness of
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YUAN LONGPING On May 22, legendary agronomist Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice,” sadly passed away in a hospital in Changsha, Hunan province, at the age of 91.Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries, made in the 1970s, created high-yield hybrid rice strains that are estimated to have helped feed an additional 80 million people in China eachyear.
FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film LEGO SETS INSPIRED BY CHINESE CULTURE Lego Sets Inspired by Chinese Culture. Growing up with Lego is a relatively new experience for Chinese kids. The Danish toy brand entered China in the 1980s, and the first Lego store on the mainland, merely 20 square meters in space, was opened in 1993 in Beijing’s Yansha Mall by Lego’s then distributor, the East Asiatic Company. IS THE FUTURE OF CHINESE FILM FEMALE? A tale of migrant labor on top of a love story, the protagonists seek fulfillment in Beijing in face of economic and romantic adversity. The film was acquired by Netflix at Cannes Film Festival, becoming the platform’s first-ever Chinese language original. Shot in China’s far north, Liu recalled shooting in weather of negative 40 degreesTREASURE TRAIL
Treasure Trail. Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang dynasty, one of the “four great beauties” of ancient China, was accustomed to a life of intrigue—yet a posthumous discovery involving the controversial imperial beauty puzzles archeologists to this day. In 757, the year after Yang was executed for her supposed part in the An Lushan YEH SHEN: A CINDERELLA STORY FROM CHINA The recent box office sensation Cinderella is one of Disney’s go-to princess tales, and written versions go as far back as Giambattista Basile in his Pentamerone in 1634 and in Charles Perrault’s Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé in 1697.What not a lot of people know is that China has its very own Cinderella story, published nearly a 1,000 years before the Western Johnny-come-lately AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist.TREASURE TRAIL
Treasure Trail. Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang dynasty, one of the “four great beauties” of ancient China, was accustomed to a life of intrigue—yet a posthumous discovery involving the controversial imperial beauty puzzles archeologists to this day. In 757, the year after Yang was executed for her supposed part in the An Lushan FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for the GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 was 9.2 percent. This means that about 530,000 girls under 20 became pregnant and gave birth that year. In 2018, a number of internet celebrities who made videos about being teen mothers appeared on WHY DO SO MANY CHINESE OPPOSE SURROGACY? Why do so many Chinese oppose surrogacy? “The disregard for life is heinous,” CCTV railed in a recent Weibo post written in response to a massive surrogacy scandal that has engulfed actress Zheng Shuang. The 29-year-old actress is accused of abandoning her two children born to surrogate mothers in the US, leaving her ex-boyfriend Zhang Heng THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE A well-positioned and well-decorated café can get steady traffic from customers who simply. come to take photos. In a nation that consumes just four cups of coffee per capita per year (20 in first-tier cities), books, postcards, and games are some of many ways cafés draw customers in. “Bean Scenes” is a photo story from our issue SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE Higher tables and chairs enabled people to stop sitting on the floor, and they no longer removed their shoes unless they were going to bed. It’s not clear when and why the Chinese started removing their shoes again, but Wee dates the custom to sometime in the 20th century. Even today, shoe-removal is not practiced in all regions of China WHO KILLED PAMELA WERNER? Who Killed Pamela Werner? The grisly 1937 murder of 19-year-old Pamela Werner was first “solved” by Paul French’s award-winning Midnight in Peking. Published in 2011, French’s book was a minor sensation, a lurid rickshaw ride through the fetid nether regions of Beijing society. Now a rival publication by fellow Brit and formerpoliceman
AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist.TREASURE TRAIL
Treasure Trail. Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang dynasty, one of the “four great beauties” of ancient China, was accustomed to a life of intrigue—yet a posthumous discovery involving the controversial imperial beauty puzzles archeologists to this day. In 757, the year after Yang was executed for her supposed part in the An Lushan FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for the GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 was 9.2 percent. This means that about 530,000 girls under 20 became pregnant and gave birth that year. In 2018, a number of internet celebrities who made videos about being teen mothers appeared on WHY DO SO MANY CHINESE OPPOSE SURROGACY? Why do so many Chinese oppose surrogacy? “The disregard for life is heinous,” CCTV railed in a recent Weibo post written in response to a massive surrogacy scandal that has engulfed actress Zheng Shuang. The 29-year-old actress is accused of abandoning her two children born to surrogate mothers in the US, leaving her ex-boyfriend Zhang Heng THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE A well-positioned and well-decorated café can get steady traffic from customers who simply. come to take photos. In a nation that consumes just four cups of coffee per capita per year (20 in first-tier cities), books, postcards, and games are some of many ways cafés draw customers in. “Bean Scenes” is a photo story from our issue SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE Higher tables and chairs enabled people to stop sitting on the floor, and they no longer removed their shoes unless they were going to bed. It’s not clear when and why the Chinese started removing their shoes again, but Wee dates the custom to sometime in the 20th century. Even today, shoe-removal is not practiced in all regions of China WHO KILLED PAMELA WERNER? Who Killed Pamela Werner? The grisly 1937 murder of 19-year-old Pamela Werner was first “solved” by Paul French’s award-winning Midnight in Peking. Published in 2011, French’s book was a minor sensation, a lurid rickshaw ride through the fetid nether regions of Beijing society. Now a rival publication by fellow Brit and formerpoliceman
THE WORLD OF CHINESE MAGAZINE The World of Chinese is a bi-monthly English magazine and web portal dedicated to Chinese language and culture. Our mission is to share cover stories, recipes, language tips, travel and culture features that entertain, inform and connect the growing number of Chinese learners and people interested in China. Our content aims to bring and depth and color to China\'s contemporary trends, throw 2021: A MARS CAMP ODYSSEY 2021: A Mars Camp Odyssey. As China’s space program sets its sights on the Red Planet, a barren desert in Qinghai is becoming an oasis for simulated space travel WORLD'S LARGEST EXAM AND OTHER TRENDING NEWS FROM CHINA Tornadoes rip through Heilongjiang. Over a period of half-an-hour on June 1, Shangzhi, Heilongjiang province was hit by multiple tornadoes, causing 148 houses to collapse and an initial estimated economic cost of 5.12 million RMB (according to the Shangzhi City EmergencyManagement Bureau).
THE GREAT EDUCATOR
The Great Educator. It was May 1919, and from a small desk in his simple office at Peking University, Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培) could see the campus buzzing with activity. For days now, his students–and several of his faculty–had been busy giving speeches, preparing pamphlets, and painting signs denouncing imperialism and thefecklessness of
SANXINGDUI CULTURE MAKES WAVES IN CHINA The standing bronze figure with long robe and crown was excavated from Sanxingdui in 1986. At 1.8 meters tall, with a base over 2.6 meters high, it is the tallest human statue yet to be unearthed in China. FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for the WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP FEMALE AND DISABLED IN CHINA What it’s Like to Grow Up Female and Disabled in China. When 23-year-old Fang Yangyang lost her short life to starvation, abuse, and torture for allegedly being infertile, the perpetrators—her husband and in-laws—were sentenced to just two to three years in prison with probation by their municipal court in Shandong province. WICKED WITCHES OF THE EAST Wicked Witches of the East. While Halloween may not be widely celebrated in the East, Chinese folklore is still full of the uncanny and macabre. There’s no shortage of witchcraft or black magic, which has bubbled just below the surface for most of China’s history, rising up from time to time to take its toll. Expect fewer broomsticksand
TOP 10 RULES FOR A CHINESE MOTHER-TO-BE Don’t hammer or knock things beside pregnant women; it will leave a scar on the baby’s face. Don’t eat crab unless you want your baby to have 11 fingers. Don’t change the lock of pregnant women’s rooms; the movement required to take a lock out of the door is symbolic of the act of AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist.TREASURE TRAIL
Treasure Trail. Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang dynasty, one of the “four great beauties” of ancient China, was accustomed to a life of intrigue—yet a posthumous discovery involving the controversial imperial beauty puzzles archeologists to this day. In 757, the year after Yang was executed for her supposed part in the An Lushan FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for the GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 was 9.2 percent. This means that about 530,000 girls under 20 became pregnant and gave birth that year. In 2018, a number of internet celebrities who made videos about being teen mothers appeared on WHY DO SO MANY CHINESE OPPOSE SURROGACY? Why do so many Chinese oppose surrogacy? “The disregard for life is heinous,” CCTV railed in a recent Weibo post written in response to a massive surrogacy scandal that has engulfed actress Zheng Shuang. The 29-year-old actress is accused of abandoning her two children born to surrogate mothers in the US, leaving her ex-boyfriend Zhang Heng MAPPING CHINESE MEMORY Mapping Chinese Memories. Paper maps may sound antiquated in the digital era, but Qiu Zhijie’s attempt to map the world’s knowledge in his new solo exhibit at Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is anything but. On display until May 5, “Mappa Mundi” is an exhibit that is overwhelming to both the eyes and the mind—andleaves
THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE A well-positioned and well-decorated café can get steady traffic from customers who simply. come to take photos. In a nation that consumes just four cups of coffee per capita per year (20 in first-tier cities), books, postcards, and games are some of many ways cafés draw customers in. “Bean Scenes” is a photo story from our issue SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE Higher tables and chairs enabled people to stop sitting on the floor, and they no longer removed their shoes unless they were going to bed. It’s not clear when and why the Chinese started removing their shoes again, but Wee dates the custom to sometime in the 20th century. Even today, shoe-removal is not practiced in all regions of China AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist.TREASURE TRAIL
Treasure Trail. Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang dynasty, one of the “four great beauties” of ancient China, was accustomed to a life of intrigue—yet a posthumous discovery involving the controversial imperial beauty puzzles archeologists to this day. In 757, the year after Yang was executed for her supposed part in the An Lushan FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for the GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 was 9.2 percent. This means that about 530,000 girls under 20 became pregnant and gave birth that year. In 2018, a number of internet celebrities who made videos about being teen mothers appeared on WHY DO SO MANY CHINESE OPPOSE SURROGACY? Why do so many Chinese oppose surrogacy? “The disregard for life is heinous,” CCTV railed in a recent Weibo post written in response to a massive surrogacy scandal that has engulfed actress Zheng Shuang. The 29-year-old actress is accused of abandoning her two children born to surrogate mothers in the US, leaving her ex-boyfriend Zhang Heng MAPPING CHINESE MEMORY Mapping Chinese Memories. Paper maps may sound antiquated in the digital era, but Qiu Zhijie’s attempt to map the world’s knowledge in his new solo exhibit at Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is anything but. On display until May 5, “Mappa Mundi” is an exhibit that is overwhelming to both the eyes and the mind—andleaves
THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE A well-positioned and well-decorated café can get steady traffic from customers who simply. come to take photos. In a nation that consumes just four cups of coffee per capita per year (20 in first-tier cities), books, postcards, and games are some of many ways cafés draw customers in. “Bean Scenes” is a photo story from our issue SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE Higher tables and chairs enabled people to stop sitting on the floor, and they no longer removed their shoes unless they were going to bed. It’s not clear when and why the Chinese started removing their shoes again, but Wee dates the custom to sometime in the 20th century. Even today, shoe-removal is not practiced in all regions of China WORLD'S LARGEST EXAM AND OTHER TRENDING NEWS FROM CHINA Tornadoes rip through Heilongjiang. Over a period of half-an-hour on June 1, Shangzhi, Heilongjiang province was hit by multiple tornadoes, causing 148 houses to collapse and an initial estimated economic cost of 5.12 million RMB (according to the Shangzhi City EmergencyManagement Bureau).
FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film SANXINGDUI CULTURE MAKES WAVES IN CHINA The standing bronze figure with long robe and crown was excavated from Sanxingdui in 1986. At 1.8 meters tall, with a base over 2.6 meters high, it is the tallest human statue yet to be unearthed in China.THE GREAT EDUCATOR
The Great Educator. It was May 1919, and from a small desk in his simple office at Peking University, Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培) could see the campus buzzing with activity. For days now, his students–and several of his faculty–had been busy giving speeches, preparing pamphlets, and painting signs denouncing imperialism and thefecklessness of
TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for the LEGO SETS INSPIRED BY CHINESE CULTURE Lego Sets Inspired by Chinese Culture. Growing up with Lego is a relatively new experience for Chinese kids. The Danish toy brand entered China in the 1980s, and the first Lego store on the mainland, merely 20 square meters in space, was opened in 1993 in Beijing’s Yansha Mall by Lego’s then distributor, the East Asiatic Company. WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP FEMALE AND DISABLED IN CHINA What it’s Like to Grow Up Female and Disabled in China. When 23-year-old Fang Yangyang lost her short life to starvation, abuse, and torture for allegedly being infertile, the perpetrators—her husband and in-laws—were sentenced to just two to three years in prison with probation by their municipal court in Shandong province. THE CHINESE PARENTS SEEKING SURROGATES IN AMERICA -3-Surrogate Agent. Oversight of the surrogacy industry in America is a shambles. You might need to be a licensed practitioner to sell a house or insurance, but when in the surrogacy industry, which involves human life, there are no strict regulations. HOW TO PRAY IN TEMPLES Hold your palms pressed together against your forehead and repeat your prayer. Make three small bows. To make a deep impression, forget about the small bows, and instead, place your palms and your forehead against the ground three times as part of a deep bowing motion. Move on to the next deity. Exiting: When you have prayed and paid respectto
TOP 10 RULES FOR A CHINESE MOTHER-TO-BE Don’t hammer or knock things beside pregnant women; it will leave a scar on the baby’s face. Don’t eat crab unless you want your baby to have 11 fingers. Don’t change the lock of pregnant women’s rooms; the movement required to take a lock out of the door is symbolic of the act of AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist.TREASURE TRAIL
Treasure Trail. Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang dynasty, one of the “four great beauties” of ancient China, was accustomed to a life of intrigue—yet a posthumous discovery involving the controversial imperial beauty puzzles archeologists to this day. In 757, the year after Yang was executed for her supposed part in the An Lushan FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for the GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 was 9.2 percent. This means that about 530,000 girls under 20 became pregnant and gave birth that year. In 2018, a number of internet celebrities who made videos about being teen mothers appeared on WHY DO SO MANY CHINESE OPPOSE SURROGACY? Why do so many Chinese oppose surrogacy? “The disregard for life is heinous,” CCTV railed in a recent Weibo post written in response to a massive surrogacy scandal that has engulfed actress Zheng Shuang. The 29-year-old actress is accused of abandoning her two children born to surrogate mothers in the US, leaving her ex-boyfriend Zhang Heng MAPPING CHINESE MEMORY Mapping Chinese Memories. Paper maps may sound antiquated in the digital era, but Qiu Zhijie’s attempt to map the world’s knowledge in his new solo exhibit at Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is anything but. On display until May 5, “Mappa Mundi” is an exhibit that is overwhelming to both the eyes and the mind—andleaves
THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE A well-positioned and well-decorated café can get steady traffic from customers who simply. come to take photos. In a nation that consumes just four cups of coffee per capita per year (20 in first-tier cities), books, postcards, and games are some of many ways cafés draw customers in. “Bean Scenes” is a photo story from our issue SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE Higher tables and chairs enabled people to stop sitting on the floor, and they no longer removed their shoes unless they were going to bed. It’s not clear when and why the Chinese started removing their shoes again, but Wee dates the custom to sometime in the 20th century. Even today, shoe-removal is not practiced in all regions of China AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist.TREASURE TRAIL
Treasure Trail. Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang dynasty, one of the “four great beauties” of ancient China, was accustomed to a life of intrigue—yet a posthumous discovery involving the controversial imperial beauty puzzles archeologists to this day. In 757, the year after Yang was executed for her supposed part in the An Lushan FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for the GROWING UP AS TEEN PARENTS IN CHINA According to China’s annual data report, in 2015 the birth rate for adolescent girls aged 15–19 was 9.2 percent. This means that about 530,000 girls under 20 became pregnant and gave birth that year. In 2018, a number of internet celebrities who made videos about being teen mothers appeared on WHY DO SO MANY CHINESE OPPOSE SURROGACY? Why do so many Chinese oppose surrogacy? “The disregard for life is heinous,” CCTV railed in a recent Weibo post written in response to a massive surrogacy scandal that has engulfed actress Zheng Shuang. The 29-year-old actress is accused of abandoning her two children born to surrogate mothers in the US, leaving her ex-boyfriend Zhang Heng MAPPING CHINESE MEMORY Mapping Chinese Memories. Paper maps may sound antiquated in the digital era, but Qiu Zhijie’s attempt to map the world’s knowledge in his new solo exhibit at Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is anything but. On display until May 5, “Mappa Mundi” is an exhibit that is overwhelming to both the eyes and the mind—andleaves
THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE A well-positioned and well-decorated café can get steady traffic from customers who simply. come to take photos. In a nation that consumes just four cups of coffee per capita per year (20 in first-tier cities), books, postcards, and games are some of many ways cafés draw customers in. “Bean Scenes” is a photo story from our issue SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE Higher tables and chairs enabled people to stop sitting on the floor, and they no longer removed their shoes unless they were going to bed. It’s not clear when and why the Chinese started removing their shoes again, but Wee dates the custom to sometime in the 20th century. Even today, shoe-removal is not practiced in all regions of China WORLD'S LARGEST EXAM AND OTHER TRENDING NEWS FROM CHINA Tornadoes rip through Heilongjiang. Over a period of half-an-hour on June 1, Shangzhi, Heilongjiang province was hit by multiple tornadoes, causing 148 houses to collapse and an initial estimated economic cost of 5.12 million RMB (according to the Shangzhi City EmergencyManagement Bureau).
FILM REVIEW: HI, MOM Hi, Mom, directed by Jia Ling, one of China’s leading female sketch comedians, and made in memory of her late mother, has been a huge hit. Released on February 12, Hi, Mom raked in more than 4 billion RMB in just over a week, surpassing Wanda Picture’s big budget comedy Detective Chinatown 3 on the way to becoming the most successful film SANXINGDUI CULTURE MAKES WAVES IN CHINA The standing bronze figure with long robe and crown was excavated from Sanxingdui in 1986. At 1.8 meters tall, with a base over 2.6 meters high, it is the tallest human statue yet to be unearthed in China.THE GREAT EDUCATOR
The Great Educator. It was May 1919, and from a small desk in his simple office at Peking University, Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培) could see the campus buzzing with activity. For days now, his students–and several of his faculty–had been busy giving speeches, preparing pamphlets, and painting signs denouncing imperialism and thefecklessness of
TRACING HER SHADOW MOVIE REVIEW The film is a sensitive exploration of searching for a lost loved one, of finding belonging in a new environment, and of finding meaning in life in old age. Though not a blockbuster hit, Tracing Her Shadow has a respectable score of 7.6 out of 10 on ratings platform Douban since its release in March, with many commenters grateful for the LEGO SETS INSPIRED BY CHINESE CULTURE Lego Sets Inspired by Chinese Culture. Growing up with Lego is a relatively new experience for Chinese kids. The Danish toy brand entered China in the 1980s, and the first Lego store on the mainland, merely 20 square meters in space, was opened in 1993 in Beijing’s Yansha Mall by Lego’s then distributor, the East Asiatic Company. WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP FEMALE AND DISABLED IN CHINA What it’s Like to Grow Up Female and Disabled in China. When 23-year-old Fang Yangyang lost her short life to starvation, abuse, and torture for allegedly being infertile, the perpetrators—her husband and in-laws—were sentenced to just two to three years in prison with probation by their municipal court in Shandong province. THE CHINESE PARENTS SEEKING SURROGATES IN AMERICA -3-Surrogate Agent. Oversight of the surrogacy industry in America is a shambles. You might need to be a licensed practitioner to sell a house or insurance, but when in the surrogacy industry, which involves human life, there are no strict regulations. HOW TO PRAY IN TEMPLES Hold your palms pressed together against your forehead and repeat your prayer. Make three small bows. To make a deep impression, forget about the small bows, and instead, place your palms and your forehead against the ground three times as part of a deep bowing motion. Move on to the next deity. Exiting: When you have prayed and paid respectto
TOP 10 RULES FOR A CHINESE MOTHER-TO-BE Don’t hammer or knock things beside pregnant women; it will leave a scar on the baby’s face. Don’t eat crab unless you want your baby to have 11 fingers. Don’t change the lock of pregnant women’s rooms; the movement required to take a lock out of the door is symbolic of the act of THE WORLD OF CHINESE MAGAZINECULTURELANGUAGETRAVELFOODNEWSTWOC TV The World of Chinese is a bi-monthly English magazine and web portal dedicated to Chinese language and culture. Our mission is to share cover stories, recipes, language tips, travel and culture features that entertain, inform and connect the growing number of Chinese learners and people interested in China. Our content aims to bring and depth and color to China\'s contemporary trends, throw AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist. THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion MAPPING CHINESE MEMORY Mapping Chinese Memories. Paper maps may sound antiquated in the digital era, but Qiu Zhijie’s attempt to map the world’s knowledge in his new solo exhibit at Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is anything but. On display until May 5, “Mappa Mundi” is an exhibit that is overwhelming to both the eyes and the mind—andleaves
HOW TO PRAY IN TEMPLES Hold your palms pressed together against your forehead and repeat your prayer. Make three small bows. To make a deep impression, forget about the small bows, and instead, place your palms and your forehead against the ground three times as part of a deep bowing motion. Move on to the next deity. Exiting: When you have prayed and paid respectto
SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE Higher tables and chairs enabled people to stop sitting on the floor, and they no longer removed their shoes unless they were going to bed. It’s not clear when and why the Chinese started removing their shoes again, but Wee dates the custom to sometime in the 20th century. Even today, shoe-removal is not practiced in all regions of China CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE A well-positioned and well-decorated café can get steady traffic from customers who simply. come to take photos. In a nation that consumes just four cups of coffee per capita per year (20 in first-tier cities), books, postcards, and games are some of many ways cafés draw customers in. “Bean Scenes” is a photo story from our issue WHO KILLED PAMELA WERNER? Who Killed Pamela Werner? The grisly 1937 murder of 19-year-old Pamela Werner was first “solved” by Paul French’s award-winning Midnight in Peking. Published in 2011, French’s book was a minor sensation, a lurid rickshaw ride through the fetid nether regions of Beijing society. Now a rival publication by fellow Brit and formerpoliceman
ARE WOMEN BANNED AT CHINESE BANQUETS? Sexist Seating. Public figures making sexist remarks are sadly commonplace in China today. One is internet entrepreneur Liu Huafang, who believes Chinese civilization may collapse if women are offered a place at the table—literally. In a controversial blog post published on February 10, 2019, Liu defended a tradition of “banning” women CHINA IS SUFFERING FROM AN AGEING POPULATION AND NEEDS China is getting rich fast, but it is getting older even faster and this is causing problems, big problems. I will bore you with a few facts and figures later (check out the infographic) but the crux of the matter is that China’s working age population peaked last year, three years earlier than anybody predicted. THE WORLD OF CHINESE MAGAZINECULTURELANGUAGETRAVELFOODNEWSTWOC TV The World of Chinese is a bi-monthly English magazine and web portal dedicated to Chinese language and culture. Our mission is to share cover stories, recipes, language tips, travel and culture features that entertain, inform and connect the growing number of Chinese learners and people interested in China. Our content aims to bring and depth and color to China\'s contemporary trends, throw AN UNTOLD BEIJING STREET CLEANER STORY All I have is my three children, who are the center of my world. Now they have their own families, and my children-in-law treat me well too. I feel pretty content. My children make me feel that the hardships I’ve experienced have all been worth it—my biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband. I’m a Buddhist. THE EMPRESS WHO CUT HER HAIR Over the years, TV shows have interpreted the character in many ways. In 1998’s Princess Pearl, in which she served as arch-villain, the empress even cuts her hair more than once to protest various actions of the emperor: Recognizing his illegitimate daughter, accusing her of torturing said daughter, and finally, taking a new concubine. In Yanxi, the empress feels threatened by the promotion MAPPING CHINESE MEMORY Mapping Chinese Memories. Paper maps may sound antiquated in the digital era, but Qiu Zhijie’s attempt to map the world’s knowledge in his new solo exhibit at Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is anything but. On display until May 5, “Mappa Mundi” is an exhibit that is overwhelming to both the eyes and the mind—andleaves
HOW TO PRAY IN TEMPLES Hold your palms pressed together against your forehead and repeat your prayer. Make three small bows. To make a deep impression, forget about the small bows, and instead, place your palms and your forehead against the ground three times as part of a deep bowing motion. Move on to the next deity. Exiting: When you have prayed and paid respectto
SHOES OFF! | THE WORLD OF CHINESE Higher tables and chairs enabled people to stop sitting on the floor, and they no longer removed their shoes unless they were going to bed. It’s not clear when and why the Chinese started removing their shoes again, but Wee dates the custom to sometime in the 20th century. Even today, shoe-removal is not practiced in all regions of China CHINESE CAFÉ CULTURE A well-positioned and well-decorated café can get steady traffic from customers who simply. come to take photos. In a nation that consumes just four cups of coffee per capita per year (20 in first-tier cities), books, postcards, and games are some of many ways cafés draw customers in. “Bean Scenes” is a photo story from our issue WHO KILLED PAMELA WERNER? Who Killed Pamela Werner? The grisly 1937 murder of 19-year-old Pamela Werner was first “solved” by Paul French’s award-winning Midnight in Peking. Published in 2011, French’s book was a minor sensation, a lurid rickshaw ride through the fetid nether regions of Beijing society. Now a rival publication by fellow Brit and formerpoliceman
ARE WOMEN BANNED AT CHINESE BANQUETS? Sexist Seating. Public figures making sexist remarks are sadly commonplace in China today. One is internet entrepreneur Liu Huafang, who believes Chinese civilization may collapse if women are offered a place at the table—literally. In a controversial blog post published on February 10, 2019, Liu defended a tradition of “banning” women CHINA IS SUFFERING FROM AN AGEING POPULATION AND NEEDS China is getting rich fast, but it is getting older even faster and this is causing problems, big problems. I will bore you with a few facts and figures later (check out the infographic) but the crux of the matter is that China’s working age population peaked last year, three years earlier than anybody predicted.THE GREAT EDUCATOR
The Great Educator. It was May 1919, and from a small desk in his simple office at Peking University, Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培) could see the campus buzzing with activity. For days now, his students–and several of his faculty–had been busy giving speeches, preparing pamphlets, and painting signs denouncing imperialism and thefecklessness of
WORLD'S LARGEST EXAM AND OTHER TRENDING NEWS FROM CHINA Tornadoes rip through Heilongjiang. Over a period of half-an-hour on June 1, Shangzhi, Heilongjiang province was hit by multiple tornadoes, causing 148 houses to collapse and an initial estimated economic cost of 5.12 million RMB (according to the Shangzhi City EmergencyManagement Bureau).
OUT OF SIGHT
Out of Sight. Jenny Chen never imagined a day when she could no longer play her favorite video games. But after losing sight in both eyes in her early 30s, the Beijing native had to quit her dream job as an editor at a game company, and enroll in a school for the blind. “After three decades of feeling like a normal person, I have to goback
SANXINGDUI CULTURE MAKES WAVES IN CHINA The standing bronze figure with long robe and crown was excavated from Sanxingdui in 1986. At 1.8 meters tall, with a base over 2.6 meters high, it is the tallest human statue yet to be unearthed in China.TREASURE TRAIL
Treasure Trail. Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang dynasty, one of the “four great beauties” of ancient China, was accustomed to a life of intrigue—yet a posthumous discovery involving the controversial imperial beauty puzzles archeologists to this day. In 757, the year after Yang was executed for her supposed part in the An Lushan IS THE FUTURE OF CHINESE FILM FEMALE? A tale of migrant labor on top of a love story, the protagonists seek fulfillment in Beijing in face of economic and romantic adversity. The film was acquired by Netflix at Cannes Film Festival, becoming the platform’s first-ever Chinese language original. Shot in China’s far north, Liu recalled shooting in weather of negative 40 degrees HOW TO PRAY IN TEMPLES Hold your palms pressed together against your forehead and repeat your prayer. Make three small bows. To make a deep impression, forget about the small bows, and instead, place your palms and your forehead against the ground three times as part of a deep bowing motion. Move on to the next deity. Exiting: When you have prayed and paid respectto
THE CHINESE PARENTS SEEKING SURROGATES IN AMERICA -3-Surrogate Agent. Oversight of the surrogacy industry in America is a shambles. You might need to be a licensed practitioner to sell a house or insurance, but when in the surrogacy industry, which involves human life, there are no strict regulations. TRADITIONAL TIBETAN DANCE Xie Dance. Xie is a dance perfomed when accompanied by stringed instruments. In the Tibetan language, Xie is called “Ye” or “Kangxie.” It is popular in the east of the province and is also known as “Kham“.At festivals and gatherings men and women dance the Xie, face to face in two lines. They are usually directed by one person at the head of their formation, playing a stringedHOW TO PLAY WEIQI
Weiqi: The Surrounding Game. Weiqi, probably better known to you as ‘Go!’ is a game which occupies a place in Chinese history and culture that seems not a great deal shabbier than Chinese chess or mahjong. Perhaps most famously, it was the board game of choice of the legendary Guan Yu while a physician was slicing his arrow wound openand
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