SOCIAL CHINESE
Mansplaining with Chinese Characteristics
From cradle to crèche, women are constantly being told what to do
DIALECTS
Fangyan Friday #4: Pu-Xian Min
An endangered Fujianese dialect from the birthplace of Mazu, the goddess of mariners
LANGUAGE
Back-Translating China
Why is Mao called Kun Lun? Did Sun Tzu make art or war? Translations errors of Chinese words…into Chinese
LANGUAGE
Faint Praise
Personality, presence, and “oriental beauty”—the Chinese language has many “polite” insults about a person’s appearance
DIALECTS
Fangyan Friday #3: The Rap of Sichuanese
TWOC’s guide to the dialect of Deng Xiaoping—and modern Chinese hip-hop
DIALECTS
Fangyan Friday #2: The Devil’s Wenzhouhua
Learn some key phrases from the notorious Zhejiang dialect known as the “devil’s language”
DIALECTS
Fangyan Friday #1: Wuhanese
Learn to speak like a native of Hubei’s capital with TWOC’s new regular column
SOCIAL CHINESE
Astro Babble
Whether you believe in it or not, astrology has a huge fan base in China
