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Years may wrinkle the skin, but not the soul. To Zhang Qian, her 87-year-old grandmother Luo is someone still full of youthful vitality. As Grandma Luo likes taking photos and has even become a dab hand at taking selfies, Zhang decided to take pictures with her as a present for “Girl’s Day”, a festival celebrated…

China has changed its tax laws! Now, foreigners will be under more scrutiny to pay their fair share of taxes. Overseas earnings will be tracked in China. You will need Tax Documents to get your Work Permit.  Image: https://cn.wsj.com/articles/CT-FIN-20180122110141 Getting a work permit in China requires many documents and missing any of them will stop your…

Are you a 接地气（jiē dìqì) person or a 高冷（gāo lěng) person?  There are many different words to describe people’s personality in every language, in Chinese, there are two words that young people like to use to describe two totally different types of personality: 接地气（jiēdìqì) and 高冷（gāolěng). 接 地 气 jiē dìqì 接Jiē = to pick up/to connect…

An increasing number of women in China are now choosing to buy houses for a sense of security and independence, rather than relying on the financial support brought by marriage. Last year, females accounted for 46.7 percent of the total number of homebuyers in China, the highest figure over the past seven years, according to…

The world’s largest planetarium is almost complete! The planetarium is 38,164 square meters and costs around 600 million RMB to build. Can you guess where it is? It’s in Shanghai! It’s the Shanghai Planetarium! Located in the Lingang New Area of Shanghai about 700 meters away from Dishui Lake subway station. Construction of this three-storey museum started back…

Have you noticed some changes around China’s major cities recently? Many people have been posting pictures of streets from Shanghai and other cities of the shop signs having a unified look; same background and similar type. A very different style from the unique and creative signs we are used to seeing! From a distance, it…