A former Kunqu opera performer describes working in a disappearing art
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Miner-poet Chen Nianxi tells the harrowing story of his years working as a blaster underground
Gong Li’s yarn of empowered female espionage in war-torn Shanghai aimed big at the Chinese box office, but confuses complexity for entertainment
Centuries before Chanel and Hermès became status symbols, ancient Chinese could tell a person’s rank from the bag they carried
How the Zhu clan became one of the richest and most powerful families in all Yunnan from their business base in Jianshui
What Chinese netizens mean when they say, “My DNA moved”
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The Chinese ‘chengyu’ that aren’t four characters long
English and Chinese sayings that are almost exactly equivalent
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