Category: Funny

It was my first year of teaching in China.  I stood in front of my class at an adult training center, robotically reading and checking off students’ names from the class roster. “Checkers?” I called.  “Here,” promptly answered Checkers.  “Bo-Bo?” “Here!” “Cici” “Here!” “Hitler?” I called before my brain could process the syllables being formed…

How many of you have had the experience of looking through your contact list filled with hundreds, maybe even thousands of people and still feeling quite alone? 70% are colleagues, 20% are former classmates, and 7% are old best friends. Most of these people you haven’t spoken to since graduation, your interests are different, relationships…

We recently reported how crowded May holiday was if you missed it check out the article here: Is Looking at the Back of Others Heads Part of the Attraction? Since the holiday is over, we’ve received comments and reports about record-breaking queues! According to media reports, a popular crayfish restaurant in Changsha, Hunan province had…

“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…

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…

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…