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NEWS

Even More Weird Products on Taobao

Oddest products and bargains from the online marketplace

By William Tanza November 11, 2020

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Purchase Parlance

Ancient idioms derived from buying and selling

By Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧) November 13, 2019

TECHNOLOGY

A Quick Guide to Alibaba

The Ali-family is more than just Taobao and Tmall

By Hatty Liu November 10, 2017

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How are China’s Biggest Holidays Celebrated in Classic Novels?

The Lunar New Year and Lantern Festival are key scenes of drama in China’s Four Classic Novels, providing clues of how people celebrated holidays in ancient China

The Sun Rises: New Novel Gives Genderfluid Take on the Ming Dynasty

Asian-Australian author Shelley Parker-Chan’s “She Who Became the Sun” may not be historically accurate, but that’s not the main reason to read it

The British Spy Who Cracked the Secret to Chinese Tea

How a 19th-century act of “corporate espionage” changed world history

The Blast that Nearly Destroyed Beijing

The Wanggongchang Explosion continues to mystify historians almost 400 years later

Spring Days Past | Short Story

In Shen Shuzhi’s depiction of waning village life, a “left-behind” child comes to terms with loneliness growing up with his grandmother

Epidemic

As a mysterious illness ravages the population, one youngster goes on a journey in search of the terrible truth