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Gaokao Superstitions
Purple buttocks? Qipao-wearing? Anxious test-takers and parents have many rituals for the big day
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Awakening Ancient Dragons
The stories of the five most famous dragons in Chinese mythology
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Feminine Beauty Brings Disaster
Ding Xuan has some really sexist, really dumb ideas about young women
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Fantastic Chinese Names and How To Pick Them
Famous and powerful foreigners get their Chinese names a few key ways
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Retro-tourism
They may look like 70s and 80s nostalgia, but these tourist sites aren’t that old
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The Half-Fox Girl
Jack Hsing, chief editor of The World of English, retells a classic ghost story from the 17th century
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China’s Female-only Mosques
China’s pioneering female-only mosques have a long history, but female imams have drawn opposition from conservative quarters
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Bad Omens
The Communist Party is officially atheist, but consulting shamans is surprisingly popular, even among powerful officials
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National People’s Congress: By the Numbers
We’ve boiled down the key figures from the government’s big annual meet so you don’t have to
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