As everyone who has come into contact with China knows, food holds a very important place in Chinese culture. I
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Dear Ms. Wai, I’ve been dating a Chinese guy for a few weeks and the other night we went to
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I was given the okay to wear a Cheongsam (or Qipao) from my fiancé’s parents and himself, that should be
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Continue readingCelebrating Chinese New Year in a Shanxi Mountain Village
Celebrating Chinese New Year is a little like celebrating Christmas, if you swapped any religious connotations for a whole lot more family
Continue readingTibetan New Year Traditions
Losar Zang! Losar is Tibetan New Year in Qinghai. It’s at the same time as Chinese New Year, and is
Continue reading春晚 Chunwan – China’s Fabulously Crazy New Year’s Gala
春晚 Chunwan – Spring Evening – are two words laden with cultural meaning in the Chinese language. Every year on
Continue readingCelebrating Chinese New Year in the U.S. with your Chinese husband
While 4 percent of the Earth’s population flocks to the countryside to celebrate Spring Festival (Chunjie, 春节), some cities in
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Chinese media and their passion to report on WWAMs and their offspring is always a treasure trove and mostly the
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As China in January turns into a festive wonderland of red and gold everywhere you look, some of us don’t
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