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Chinese Kids to their Parents: Please, No more Sharenting!
“If my face is still frequently exposed on my parents’ social media, such as WeChat Moments, it might not be safe for me,” 10-year-old Zhang Chuyi wrote to a congress of the Young Pioneers of China in Shanghai before International Children’s Day. While adults understand the danger of information leaks in the digital era, children…
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A Different Perspective Provides a Different Result
Hey, Monday is here and while it might not be the best day of the week, we’re brightening it up with 3 very interesting pictures! There are 4 people types of people in this picture: The man on the left is rich and stands highest but his view is blocked and he cannot see the…
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8 Essential Apps for Life and Travel in China
China has a whole universe of awesome apps that you may not have ever heard about, but once you land here, you’ll find them indispensable! For everything from online chatting to making payments, finding great restaurants to hailing a taxi, these 9 apps will help you navigate China like a local! WeChat 微信 The one app…
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Why China Only Have One Timezone?
Imagine that you’ve found yourself in Kashgar, the western-most city in Xinjiang, China’s western-most region. Your friend sends you a text message and tells you to meet him at 3 PM. Sounds pretty straightforward, right? Not in Xinjiang. If your friend is of China’s majority Han ethnicity, you can assume that by 3 o’clock he’s…
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What makes People Grabbing Clothes Like Crazy?
On June 3, this video went viral of a group of people grabbing clothes! Some stores were flooded with customers snapping up branded t-shirts before the gates could even fully open. These customers were even stripping the model’s clothes off. Why the madness? UNIQLO x KAWS clothes went on sale June 3. This collaboration between…
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Be Careful. Someone May be Watching You!
In recent years, there have been many cases of hidden cameras at hotels and inns to photograph and video guests in the privacy of their room and/or bathroom. May 17, more than 60 fine art and design students from Yichun University in Jiangxi province, traveled to sketch and paint. They stayed at Huayi hotel in…