San Diego-based consultancy group - Global Language Monitor claims Chinglish is adding the most spice to the alphabet soup of today's English by contributing more words than any other single source to the global language.
Shopping in Beijing is an easy task now that the city has so much to offer that one is spoilt for choices. But if you have something specific in mind, it can be a real headache trying to find it. And when you finally get that perfect top or well-cut jeans, chances are you'll see someone else wearing the same thing on Wangfujing shopping street.
On the third day of every Lunar New Year, parents hit the lights, coax kids to sleep early and put their shoes away, telling their babies that the mice will hold a wedding and march across the house at midnight.
My son's classmates were making hard decisions among piles of dishes, when my 3-year-old grabbed a piece of watermelon and came back smiling. It was his first bright smile in the "temple fair" that the kindergarten held before the long holiday.
At a recent health lecture in Calgary, Canada, a qigong master, wearing a traditional white silk shirt, coached foreign students in a peaceful voice: "Slightly bend your knees, then turn the arms outward and hold them in a semicircle. Please concentrate".
Chilean Luis Pedreros traveled halfway across the world and then carried his heavy suitcase on his back walking for more than 40 km - all in the name of taichi. His destination is Chenjiagou, a village at Wenxian county of Henan province, which was believed to be the cradle of Chen-style taichi.
Tomorrow we'll spend the afternoon making jiaozi dumplings. This has been our ritual for the Spring Festival Eve. It helps every family member vent troubles and share joys of the year, mince them in the stuffing and melt them into the fragrant steam.
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