It’s mid-November and we know what that means – Thanksgiving Day is coming quickly… do you have all your food ordered? Will you make it yourself or buy it somewhere and get it delivered? In China, we only have a few options when it comes to cooking turkeys 火鸡 huǒ jī for our favorite holidays. As…
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【MV🎶】Music: Dessa’s “Skeleton Key” 明州的嘻哈管弦乐队
You haven’t heard hip hop until you’ve sampled Minnesota’s very own alternative underground hip hop collective known as Doomtree. They are a like an artistic beacon of the local culture there. One seventh of this collective is Margret Wander, whose stage name is simply Dessa… A beautifully haunting take on this modern genre,…
【世界美食】Foods of the World: Corn Dogs 让你唇齿留香的玉米热狗
What’s a corn dog, you might ask? After shedding a quick tear that you’ve never tried one before, any happy USA-ian would gladly tell you… it’s a sausage, usually a ‘normal’ hot dog, wrapped in deep fried corn meal batter. And it’s amazing! Let’s take a closer look at this warm, homesickness-quenching treat. Newly arrived German sausage-makers…
【艺术🍂】The Art of Leaf Carving 美丽的叶雕艺术创作
Spotted online recently, the relatively new form of art called leaf carving 叶雕 yè diāo, has been branching out around the world. And since the leaves are beginning to fall all over the north country, let’s take a closer look at this part of art culture! Said to have started in China, and formed after…
【棒球⚾️】How to Stream Game 7 of the World Series in China
World Series finale time! USA sports culture history will be made tomorrow – Will you watch it? The Chicago Cubs 芝加哥小熊队 (zhī jiā gē xiǎo xióng duì) and the Cleveland Indians 克利夫兰印第安人队 (kè lì fū lán yìn dì ān rén duì) are tied 3-3 in the 2016 World Series, forcing a tie-breaking winner-take-all Game 7, and creating…
【电影🎥】7 Hollywood Movies Release in China this Month 本月即将上映的美国电影
A ton of good movies coming to China in November*! From Marvel to Harry Potter, mark your calendars and buy your tickets now~ As we all know, each year China allows just 34 non-Chinese films into its booming movie market on a revenue-sharing basis, and this latest slate of upcoming releases (including last week’s Inferno…
【万圣节🎃】Friends 老友记 “The One With the Halloween Party”（中英字幕）
The weekend is here again, but it’s not just any weekend! We all hope you have many fun and safe Halloween parties to go to with your trendy costumes or your beautiful jack-o-lanterns… 【万圣节🎃】The Complete Guide to Buying Halloween Costumes on Taobao 【万圣节🎃】Pumpkin to Jack-O-Lantern in 8 Easy Steps 怎么做南瓜灯? But if you find yourself…
【学习】Free Business English Classes Online at Linkedin until Oct. 30~
Great news, everyone! Linkedin.com/learning is currently offering all of their online classes for free until this coming Sunday, October 30th… Some of the video courses are very short and easy to consume in only 10-30 minutes and some of them are a few hours long. Various class topics: Insights from a Business Coach Critical Thinking…
【音乐】Music & Cover Songs: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” 谁唱的更好听？
Yes, we’re finally featuring The Beatles in our music culture [and subsequent “cover song”] series – They are honestly one of the best music bands in the history of musical sounds, so let’s take a closer look at their iconic song, written by George Harrison, While My Guitar Gently Weeps… It’s very relevant to China,…
【世界美食】Foods of the World: Waffles 比利时华夫
Some people say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And when you eat breakfast food for each meal of the day, truer words have never been spoken. One of our all-time favorite breakfast foods is the beautiful, succulent, mouth-wateringly fresh waffle 华夫 huá fū… Have you had them before? YES. If your…