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Legend of the Chinese Zodiac

In my family, we have a dog, an ox, a rat, a tiger, and two dragons! When such a varied bunch sit...

Malaysia / Singapore / China Audrey Lim

Go to the movies with Celeste...

Celeste Goes to the Movies

Film Reviews by Celeste Heiter

Vietnam / Thailand / Japan Celeste Heiter

Shanghai Old Street, Shanghai, China.

Afghanistan Kabul shopping * * * China Death of a Beijing Flea Market A Geek's Guide to China * *...

Vietnam / Malaysia / Singapore ThingsAsian

China tries various precipitation enhancement technologies: on a hill in the suburb of Beijing, an old anti-aircraft gun is rigged to shoot cannisters of silver iodine into the clouds to make rain.<br

Rainmaking in China

BEIJING, June 21, 2004 - On an overcast day in the Fragrant Hills Park in western Beijing the boo...

China AFP

Book Review: Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu

Long revered as a classic work of Chinese literature, Six Records of a Floating Life is the autob...

China Celeste Heiter

Giving red packets - a guide to surviving Chinese New Year Ah, the Chinese New Year. Celebrated f...

China Blue Lam

To The Chinese, Jade Is The Elixir Of Life - The Stone Of Immortality

The first time I was exposed to the fascinating world of jade on a large scale was in Malacca, Ma...

Singapore / China / Taiwan Habeeb Salloum

Chinese Lunar Animals - Paper Cut Art

Chinese noblewomen began creating paper cut art during the Han dynasty (206 B.C. - 221 A.D.). To ...

China Tricia Morrissey

Celebrating Chinese New Year - Chinese Calligraphy

Chinese calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters with a brush. Calligraphers have to ...

China Tricia Morrissey

Film Review: Raise the Red Lantern

Rivalry, treachery and conspiracy abound when concubine number four joins the palatial household ...

China Celeste Heiter

Celebrating Chinese New Year - Firecrackers

To scare away the terrible Nian, the daring villagers lit hissing, popping firecrackers. Now the ...

China / Taiwan Tricia Morrissey

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A Story of Us All: Ha Jin's Waiting

Winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Fiction, Ha Jin's Waiting is as universal, and decepti...

China Kenneth Champeon

Nightlife in Wudaokou, Beijing.

Beijing's Wudaokou

With more than 30,000 foreign students living and studying in Beijing, a part of the capital's Ha...

China AFP/Robert J. Saiget

Celebrating Chinese New Year - Flowers & Plants

To bring the sweet scent of spring inside, families visit the flower market on the day before the...

China Tricia Morrissey

Chinese Lunar Animal - Sheep

Gentle and kind, the Sheep invites peace. He forgives easily, collecting a bounty of friends and ...

China Tricia Morrissey

Celebrating Chinese New Year - New Year's Traditions

For a fresh start in the new year, families spend the last days of the old year sweeping floors, ...

China Tricia Morrissey

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A Woman's Guide to Traveling Solo around Asia

Traveling alone can be daunting. More so when you're a pint-sized lady backpacking around on a sh...

China Ee Lin Wan

Film Review: Hero

With a curriculum vitae that includes Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, and The Road Ho...

China Celeste Heiter

Stocking a Chinese Pantry

Although many commonplace meats, vegetables and seasonings may be uses in the preparation of Chin...

China Celeste Heiter

Beijing's Golden Resources Shopping Mall, a trendy shopping centre dubbed The Great Mall of China, boasts more than 1,000 shops in its six million square feet floor area.

The Great Mall of China

* * * BEIJING, June 27, 2005 - Miu Miu is no ordinary cat. A pedigree silver tabby born of Americ...

China AFP/Verna Yu

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