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Fantastic Chinese Names and How To Pick Them

Famous and powerful foreigners get their Chinese names a few key ways

May 20, 2017

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Called to Heel

Why Chinese smear Jiangsu people as ‘dogs’

May 17, 2017

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Mixed Emojis

The top 11 most confusing WeChat emojis explained

May 5, 2017

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Mixed Emojis

The top 11 most confusing WeChat emojis explained

May 5, 2017

LANGUAGE

Who Translates It Best?

Google, Baidu, or Sogou—which translation software gets internet slang right (or the least wrong)?

Liu Jue (刘珏)

April 19, 2017

STREET TALK

Passing the Wok

Chinese slang for taking the blame for others

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 17, 2017

LANGUAGE

Beware the Long Neck Deer!

…and other literally-named animals in Chinese. Take our quiz to find out how many you know

March 29, 2017

SOCIAL CHINESE

How to Talk Like a Maoist General

How to rule the boardroom with revolutionary rhetoric

Liu Jue (刘珏)

March 25, 2017

SOCIAL CHINESE

Cold Comfort

How to provide solace amid misery

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Feb. 14, 2017

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 买

All I need this holiday season is to buy, buy, buy

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉) & Liu Jue (刘珏)

Jan. 29, 2017

STREET TALK

My Body Is Hollowed Out

What to say when you are tired beyond belief

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 22, 2017

STREET TALK

The Finer Points of Chinese Trolling

Handy phrases for online arguments

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 17, 2017

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