🎥 Film culture around the world~ Now that the cinematic wasteland known as February is over, we finally get a list of movies worthy of any cross-cultural film critic. At least we had the Oscars to fall back on. And a couple good local choices, too. On to the juicy details… we get 16(!) this month,…
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4 Foreign Movies to Mainland China in February 2019 Including Trailers with Chinese Subtitles
🎥 Film culture around the world~ As predicted, the month of the Lunar New Year is a sad time for foreign movies in China. We only get 3, possibly 4. In the culture bureau’s effort to support Chinese culture, we get a LOT of fun local films instead. Even a new Peppa Pig cartoon. Nothing compared…
11 Foreign Movies Coming to Mainland China in January 2019 including Trailers with Chinese Subtitles
🎥 Film culture from around the world~ New year, new movie list! And not too bad of a selection if we do say so ourselves… at least better than last month. A lot of you were askin’ about the new Transformers and the Creed sequel and we thankfully get both of them (on the same…
How to use SF Express to Pickup, Send, and Receive Packages on Wechat
~Tech culture around the world~ Ever needed to mail a package in a pinch and had no time to go to the post office? Ever have trouble dealing with 快递 kuài dì delivery drivers? Don’t fret, there’s hope for you yet! So helpful, random little UPS dude~ Thanks to the wonderful app we call Wechat, we can order…
8 Foreign Movies Come to Mainland China in December 2018 (including Trailers w/ Chinese Subtitles)
~Film culture from around the world~ It’s finally December, and we all know what that means! No, thankfully we don’t have to wait for another Star Wars movie to come to China this year. It means time to rewatch all our Christmas movies! And we even get one in the cinemas here… my, how the…
15 Foreign Movies Come to Mainland China in March 2018 (including Trailers w/ Chinese Subtitles)
~Film culture from around the world~ With last month‘s abysmal list, we get a record-breaking 15 big ones in March to follow the annual holiday migration… Back to work and back to the movies. Amen and amen. We have multiple Oscar nominations, multiple Hollywood blockbusters, an old Bollywood flick (that’s not Aamir Khan), and multiple cartoons for the kiddos….
Yes, there’s a Chinese word for “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”…
~You can’t fully learn a language without learning the culture~ Oh, this is fun! If you’re not famliiar with this famous ditty, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” is a song from the 1964 musical film Mary Poppins. It was written by the Sherman Brothers, and sung by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke (pictured). Every child born in the USA from the…
😂 April Fool’s Day: 10 Best Hoaxes of all Time
Source: hoaxes.org Here’s your friendly reminder that it’s almost April 1 aka April Fool’s Day 愚人节 yú rén jiē – so don’t believe any message or call at face value, your friends or loved ones could be trying to prank you! In this fun, but dastardly deceptive, traditional holiday, people all over Western culture will try to play smalltricks on…
😉 Emoji Poetry: Life in China
Kids these days and their emojis. Just type words, for crying out loud! Or, at the very least, if you must use emojis, please use them well. As an example, here are a few pieces of emoji poetry from the multicultural artistic group who call themselves Poetish in Tianjin. More info below. These poems see us through…
🎤 KTV Classics: 甜蜜蜜 Tián Mì Mì
We’ve had many requests for various help at KTVs all around China, so we’ve started a series called “KTV Classics” where we [try to] help you learn different staple songs that could make any Chinese crowd erupt in applause. You can use these posts to practice the songs beforehand, or even open up the article…