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News talk: Local residents in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, are surprised to find a female British student has volunteered as a traffic warden at an intersection in recent days. The 21-year-old British woman said being a traffic warden gives her the chance to help by keeping the traffic orderly while letting her practice her Chinese when communicating with local people. Do you have other ways for expatriates to mingle into local life in China?

Buzzword: "Mom jeans" is the informal term now used to refer to a style of women's jeans that have a high waist above the navel and are loose-fitting, often with excess material around the crotch and legs. Bucking the trend for fading techniques and different shades of denim, these jeans are also characteristically a very uniform, solid blue.