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Tasteless food quality at shitang spoiling appetites
2013-11-04 09:48
Every graduate from a Chinese college probably has a story to tell about the shitang, or canteen they used to frequent in between boring lectures and endless hours of studying - the place where students would gather with their peers to put down a bowl of soup, generally filled with bits of whatever ubiquitous cheap Chinese vegetable the cook managed to get their hands on that morning.

New Chinese learning may mean same old regurgitation of cliché
2013-11-04 09:42
The recent trend toward cutting down English in the gaokao, or national college entrance examinations, isn't all bad.

History under a new light
2013-11-01 09:30
There is a gallery of assassins in Records of the Grand Historian, China's best-known history book, which is over 2,000 years old. Playwright Xu Ying did not pick Jing Ke, the most often retold of them all, but "the most extreme one" in his eyes.

Into the unknown
2013-10-30 11:16
All kinds of people and organizations are jumping on the microfilm bandwagon, but few are clear what constitutes a microfilm and whether it brings expected results.

The voice of the people
2013-10-29 10:27
Crowds in China cannot be ignored. Certainly, in confined spaces like trains, coaches and planes, just a trio of excited Chinese talking all at once is enough to grab your attention, willingly or not.

Artistic transcendence meets gender politics
2013-10-28 10:56
In China, public fascination with cross-dressing performances falls neatly into high-brow and low-brow.

Paint the world a picture
2013-10-25 10:12
How contemporary artists can take their place on the global stage.

Easing up on English
2013-10-24 17:15
Yin Zixuan, an 18-year-old high school student in Beijing, started learning English as a child in kindergarten.

Colleges also teach life skills
2013-10-24 11:39
Universities should not be subject just to the whims of employment considerations.

Eating event adds spice to GM food debate
2013-10-24 09:16
Public caught up in argument over safety of genetically modified products, reportZhang LeiandZhong Nanin Beijing.

Hollywood must think bigger about China, says producer Janet Yang
2013-10-23 16:00
With a few exceptions, Hollywood studios are moving far more slowly than Chinese companies in the world's second largest movie market, said US producer Janet Yang.

Tibetan culture well preserved, developed: white paper
2013-10-23 09:16
Tibetan culture has been well preserved and developed, and freedom of religious belief has been respected and protected, says a white paper issued on Tuesday.
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