“Would Mr. Wang please raise his hand?”
I’m sure you’ve heard the joke/saying “He’s got more Chins than a Chinese phonebook.” That’s funny to me not because it’s a common name in China, but because it’s totally uncommon. Most of the 1.3 billion people in China share the same 100 surnames, and I don’t [...]
So polite! So tidy!
The results are in, and the Japanese are the most polite people on earth when they’re traveling. A study conducted for Expedia.com compiled the responses of 15,000 European hoteliers and found that Japanese are the most gracious travelers, followed by Americans and then the Swiss. The Japanese are described as “polite [...]
I don’t know how trustworthy this site is, but it’s weird, and it’s Asian, so I thought I’d post about it. A 95-year-old grandmother in China’s Guangdong province has a 5-inch horn growing out of her head. She says, “At first, it was only a mole, but it gradually grew and became like a [...]
This is pretty cool. Back in January, I wrote a post about an extremely talented Chinese band called inLove. I just found a comment today on my post about the Miss Universe pageant from someone purporting to be the singer of the band, Lu. I’m not sure if I believe [...]
Who the heck is Rich?! Aaaah, the lack of articles in Chinese makes for some interesting translations.
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