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How a Character That Once Referred to Barbarians Now Represents Civility

Learn how the character 文 went from being a term for the uncivilized in ancient China to referring to literature, refinement, and culture in the mode…

Pan Fengfan (潘风帆)

Jan. 19, 2024

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How to Navigate the Jargon of a Chinese Job Interview

Learn to decipher the opaque language of interviewers and use wordplay to land a dream job

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 11, 2024

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Talk Like a Chinese Food Vlogger

Want to get paid for eating good food? Here’s what you need to know about China’s food blogging industry

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The Art of Hunong: Netizens’ Have Perfected Tactics to Avoid Conversation

Chinese netizens have mastered the art of slacking to survive in an increasingly stressful society

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Jan. 3, 2024

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Mentally Stable: Top Memes and Slang of 2023

In a year marked by a competitive job market and viral trends, here are the words and phrases that netizens coined to talk about it all

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Dec. 26, 2023

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The Toe-Curling World of Awkward Chinese Internet Slang

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Nov. 29, 2023

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On the Character: 联

Learn about a character that’s been fostering connections since ancient times

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Nov. 9, 2023

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Tiny Titans: How China’s Kids Are Schooling Adults

China’s netizens are in awe at children who show wisdom beyond their years

Aria Zhang

Nov. 1, 2023

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How To Talk Like a Chinese Investor

Ride the roller coaster of China’s stock market with our guide to investor jargon and slang

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Oct. 25, 2023

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Scent of the Office: What Does Hard Work Smell Like?

Chinese netizens have a new term to describe their exhausting office culture—“work smell”

Aria Zhang

Oct. 13, 2023

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Brand Mashups Sweep the Chinese Internet

Kweichow Moutai and Luckin Coffee have captured netizens imagination with a viral “baijiu” and coffee concoction

Aria Zhang

Oct. 3, 2023

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Will ChatGPT Really Kill the Chinese Translation Industry?

Four translators and interpreters talk about the impact new technologies like generative AI are having on their work and future career prospects

Roman Kierst (小罗)& Sam Davies

Sept. 30, 2023

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