Tag: Chinese
chinese-welder-mask

A welder, wearing a homemade protective mask, works in Yishui County, Shandong province, on June 10, 2006. (Reuters/China Daily) This is genius. Just genius! There is no doubt that China is a land of crazy awesome inventions!

This idea, while seemingly good, is so far-fetched in terms of application that I find it very hard to believe that this would help anybody learn Chinese beyond a few characters. Yes, this works for some characters here, but the leap required and the amount of memorization required to make some of these connections seems [...]

chinese-restaurant-counter

This Reddit thread makes me proud to be Asian-American. What started off as a would-be knock at a local Chinese restaurant by the original poster turned out to be quite an enlightening debate about child labor and what that actually means when it comes to different cultures. I know for me, growing up in an [...]

full_moon1_905

Wow, check out these beautiful pieces of art by Chinese artist Yang Yongliang. They depict cities built on top of and around mountains in the hills of China. The placement of them inside a circle reminds me of Afterlight.

Reddit AMA with a Chinese Black girl

I was just reading this Reddit AMA from a Black and Chinese girl and it had me thinking about the Chinese girl who came to fame a few years back for being black and having a pretty long run on a Chinese singing contest TV show. The video of this girl is below — still [...]

The Complicated Chinese family tree

I’ve always wondered this for myself since and I’ve just never had a chance to ask my parents or grandparents about it. Here’s an in-depth explanation of the Chinese family tree, with the proper names and titles of what to call each family member depending on which side of the family you’re from and how [...]