Former King football standout needs help with release from a China jail

Locking up running backs on the field was what Wendell Brown loved to do. He never saw himself being locked up in jail. The 30-year-old Detroit native is in a …

What’s The Problem Will You Face In China?

Being a foreigner in any part of the world is hard enough, but a foreigner in China is definitely a tale worth telling. The extremities of culture shock and language …

Return Of The Cheese Man

When I first encountered the cumin-flavored variety of Marc de Ruiter’s Gouda, I suspected he was making cheese “with Chinese characteristics”. When I first encountered the cumin-flavored variety of Marc …

Bars, shops demolished in Beijing’s well-known expat haunt

Beijing may have found the best hangover cure of all: demolish the bars altogether. Over 30 stores in Sanlitun Houjie – better known as Dirty Bar Street – were demolished …

Bamboo Slips Enter Guinness As World’s First Decimal Calculator

A set of bamboo slips used more than 2,300 years ago has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s first decimal calculation tool. A set …

Summer Secrets: Lose the calories, not the taste!

Summer is just around the corner and it is the much-dreaded start to the bikini season. Time to trim that waistline and start shedding the kilos before you hit the …

【Guangzhou】Holiday Event!

Got no plans for the weekend or Holiday? You’ll be struggling for a free hour once you’ve checked out our guides to things to do. Got no plans for the …

Chinese couple build their own tombs … inside their house

An elderly couple from southwest China has built two graves for themselves inside their home and lived with the reminders of their own mortality for 30 years, according to a …

Perfect Pairings: Chinese cuisine and wines

It is not necessary to order foie grass to enjoy a bottle of French champagne, or Italian pasta to match with a vintage Chianti. Since China became more and more …

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