Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Chinese, 2011)
I resisted as long as I could, but two months ago, I finally threw up my hands and became one of WeChat's 400 million users worldwide. For almost a year prior, I'd gotten used to receiving quizzical looks from both locals and foreigners whenever I told them I didn't use China's most popular messaging app.
Since I arrived in Beijing last summer, I have taken to the underground train system like a duck to water. I have used the subway to travel to work, visit tourist sites, run petty family errands, meet friends and even while away time.
There is no feeling quite like picking up a fresh dumpling on the verge of bursting out of its semi-transluscent skin and nibbling a small hole in the skin to suck out the devilishly good filling: orgasmic. And while it's a big wide world of dumplings out there, the crabby goodness of 小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo) is surely king in the dumpling stakes.
Chinese soccer players are often associated with some of the more unseemly things in life; including corruption, carousing at night clubs late at night and excessive drinking and smoking.
"I was moved to tears when watching the movie ... but I am actually very tolerant of lame movies. Many of them make me weep," Mo Yan, China's Nobel literature laureate, says of Coming Home, the new film by director Zhang Yimou.
It was no surprise when Zhang Yimou's latest film Coming Home raked in 82.4 million yuan (about $13.47 million) at the box office on its opening weekend.
Muya music might already be lost if Yang Hua had not given up her job as a mathematics teacher.
One advantage of being in Beijing is that you can taste zongzi (粽子), the glutinous rice dumpling that's traditional for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival (duānwǔjié, 端午节), in the styles of both northern and southern China. No matter the style, the best-tasting are still those that are handmade and traditional.
Doctor Zhou Huazhi says she can not forget the tragedy of a 27-year-old Sudanese woman who died during a troubled childbirth.
Having finished an international relations degree at an Australian university, Kathleen Rosser was ready for the working world. But with a sluggish global economy, she was facing a tough job market - especially as a recent graduate.
Chinese students in Europe and North America are finding experience outside the classroom can provide a critical edge when it comes to looking for work if they wish to stay overseas beyond graduation.
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