A Eunuch’s Courtyard Residence in Beijing
This leafy courtyard residence used to be the property of eunuch Li Lianying (李莲英), the most trusted assistant to the…
May 30 Movement in Shanghai
The May 30 Movement became a landmark event in China's struggle for national sovereignty and workers' rights which eventually led…
A Letter from Mao Zedong’s Son
A letter by Chairman Mao's son Mao Anying which gives a glimpse of how a new China shapes people's mentality…
Chinese Dialects
For thousands of years, Chinese people speak in hundreds of different dialects but use only one script, Han Characters, which…
Qibao – A Thousand-Year-Old Town In Shanghai
It is said that if you want to know how Shanghai looks in the recent decades, you should go to…
China’s Classic Literature – Xiwen
Odes of the Warrior States era, rhymed essays of the Han Dynasty, couplet-style essays of the Wei-Jin age, poems of…
Amazing Trees in China
An Ancient Statue in an Aging Tree This over a thousand-year-old Camphor tree in a Fujian village has a hole…