Today is the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. I was in elementary school when it happened, but old enough to know that the crazy, bloody, violent images on the news were disturbing and unlike anything I'd ever seen. It was only much later that I did the research to understand

China Central Television recently compiled a list of the top 5 music videos on the Chinese charts. Â All we can say about #1 is...Seriously? Ok, so let's just get the list out of the way: 1. Jackie Chan and Zhou Hui, "Film of Myself" 2. Penny Tai, "Dilemma" 3. Richie Ren, "Good Medicine Tastes

CHANGSHA, China: Mao Zedong is well known for his poetry. Mentioned less is his contribution to graffiti art. As the story goes, in 1915 Mao authored a massive 4,000-character diatribe on the walls of his school’s bathroom in Changsha. The piece was a condemnation of his professors at...

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Hong Bao Na Lai! There are some pretty straightforward Chinese horoscopes predictions online here, where you can view info on love and money, 2 things we Chinese are endemically and singularly obsessed with. Prosperity! Work hard! Make grandchildren! Etc! I, being the Goat,

CHANGSHA, China: There was a place far from the neon flash-and-bang of Jeifang Xilu, where Russian whores and fake whiskey mingle in a smorgasbord of decadence. It's beyond the perpetually shallow Xiang River, with its houseboats and rusty beaches, and across the Number 2 Bridge to the west bank of