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Once an exotic novelty, the telephone has become a daily necessity in the last few decades
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Worker’s Paradise
Beidaihe is one of China’s best known seaside resorts—and the most important
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Choice Chengyu: Treacherous Turns of Phrase
Phrases for betrayal, treason, and that one backstabbing friend
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The People’s Squeezebox
Once the nation’s most popular instrument, the accordion accompanied many of China’s revolutionary moments
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Choice Chengyu: Thanks for all the idioms
Phrases for remembering and repaying debts of gratitude
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Choice Chengyu: Oh Brother!
Though modern policies created a generation of only children, sibling relationships were highly valued in ancient China
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Xu Beihong: ‘Horse Painter’ in a Field of His Own
A modern artist who transformed Chinese painting with his vivid portraits of history, horses, and wartime resistance
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