South China Sea: Is China Becoming America’s Enemy?
With China evolving as a regional power, it becomes increasingly assertive towards the neighbors. One of…
Chinese Nationalism as the Ideological Substitution of Communism
I’d like to start the second part of this post referring to interesting comments that Fili left…
Homosexuality in China: Dilemma of Coming Out
In 1997 homosexuality in China was effectively decriminalized after the offense of “hooliganism” (into which the same-sex attraction fell) was removed from the legal code. Few years later homosexuality was also removed from the list of…
When China Home Prices Will Fall
According to the latest reports China home prices still continue to rise. Everyone – Chinese government, simple Chinese people, foreign experts – expects that the prices will go down. Some wait for it with hope and…
Yet Another China Coal Mining Accident
Another China coal mining accident occurred few days ago. Last Thursday forty-three miners went down into the shaft of Sizhuang Coal Mine in Yunnan province but were trapped by a powerful gas leak. Few days after the…
Chinese Models Become More Popular
As China becomes an increasingly important market for the producers of luxury brands, the fashion houses start to pay more and more attention to Chinese models. The fashion expert Yi Lingna predicts: The number of Chinese models appearing…
Is Corruption Really the Reason Why China Fails in Team Sports?
About a month ago “The Economist” published an interesting article about the failures of Chinese national teams in football and team sports overall. Authors of this article assumed that the situation in football reflects the general…
Chinese Celebrities Most Followed on Sina Weibo
Though Twitter is blocked in China, Chinese have a similar social networking service where people…
Sora Aoi Can Teach You a Lot about Sina Weibo
Although Japan and Japanese are mostly disliked in mainland China – there are some notable…




