If something seems like it’s too good to be true, it probably is. According to a story on Slashgear, a Russian computer repair center was asked to take a look at the above-pictured external backup hard drive to see why data kept disappearing from it. It was supposedly bought at [...]

As my 3 month anniversary of living in China approached, I decided to take a quick trip to Korea for a few days to relax. Korea is everything mainland China isn’t. It’s clean; the people wait in line and respect the first-come, first-serve rules by which the rest of the world abides; almost nobody spits or picks his nose in public; you can expect more from the things you buy than a passing resemblance to quality. I really enjoyed my time there, and I made some great new friends! However, all vacations must come to an end sooner or later. I was excited to be back home in China. But China warmly welcomed me back with a gigantic hug while at the same time reaching around to steal my wallet…

The awkwardness of culture clash in romance

Chinadaily.com.cn has a great article about the differences between gender roles in Chinese and American culture and the difficulties it could cause for intercultural couples. If you’re Chinese and dating an American or vice-versa, you owe it to your relationship to read this article. Check it out [...]

I just came across a great post on TheChinaExpat.com highlighting some common mistakes learners of Chinese make, and I thought I’d post about it here. The eight mistakes highlighted by the post are: 1.) Not mastering the tones, 2.) Not learning characters, 3.) Killing yourself learning characters, 4.) Focusing on progress [...]

I’ve been a bit busy recently and haven’t had time to keep up with any Chinese news of any sort (and probably won’t have that kind of time from now on, so this blog will end up being pretty stagnant), but RedKemp found a short but interesting story about the Chinese version of [...]