Sophia Cao is an undergraduate business student at Baruch College in New York. She is interested in Chinese culture and contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on multimedia.
From Reuters via The New York Times: Zhang Dianwei is on a mission — to find his daughter a husband. But he’s not turning to the Internet or using a traditional matchmaker. Instead, he goes most Thursdays and Sundays to a park nestled in the shadows of Beijing’s Forbidden City, carrying a printed sheet of […]
Read MoreFrom RFA: China’s university and high school students, faced with growing pressures amid rapid social change and a tough job hunt for fresh graduates, are increasingly seeking a way out of their problems through suicide, experts say. A recent survey of student mental health showed more than a quarter of those interviewed said they had […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei blog: “There is not a single professional among the tens of thousands of people working in the lottery industry.” So says Wang Xuehong, director of the China Center for Lottery Studies at Peking University, as quoted in The Beijing News. The center had originally planned on recruiting twenty or thirty students for its […]
Read MoreFrom CRIEnglish.com: Organized by Chinese Women’s Paper under the premise of unearthing the modern concept of marriage, a survey to compile the ten best classic love stories in the present day has begun in Beijing. Since the rules have been released, many netizens have said they will vote for Chen Ning Yang(Êù®ÊåØÂÆÅ) and Weng Fan(ÁøÅÂ∏Ü). […]
Read MoreFrom One Man Bandwidth blog: China is going the way of America and Japan: increased competition, fewer jobs for University graduates and declining wages for specialized skills. The Chinese Baby Boomers are headed for the workforce, but are less likely to be writing code than asking: “Would you like fries with that?” More than half […]
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