Berlin Fang is a US-based instructional designer, literary translator and columnist writing on cross-cultural issues.
Verbal violence permeates China's Internet and beyond. It is fuelled by rampant frustrations and a lack of tradition for rational discourse.
While screening minors from explicit sexual content is to be welcomed, sexting between consenting adults is a different matter and privacy laws should protect people's rights.
A humorous column in the paper this week has caused ructions, begging the question: Why do foreigners always take us so seriously?
There are layers of meanings to the best films, novels and plays, and we find our own points of significance in these works by cultural "re-imagining".
They were part of China's diaspora, who made their money overseas, mostly in North America. They intended to come back home and spend their golden years in the villages they grew up. But wars and chaos prevented them from realizing this dream.
While the Internet is a valuable platform for news and views, it is also a tool for deceit and demagoguery...
The clampdown on file-sharing websites has made life easier for some legal operators, but puts the street hawkers of DVDs back in business...
To move from 'Made in China' to 'Designed in China', the first thing the government should do is to stamp out 'Faked in China'.
Hello, Han Han: You don't know me and I'm not exactly a fan of yours. So, don't throw this letter away as fan mail.
Shaolin Temple's website recently took on a new look.
Snails are a delicacy in French cuisine, known as escargots. Some similar snail species are eaten in China but few consider them to be haute cuisine.
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