Sophia Cao

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.

Lee says training is key to revive movie industry – Su Chueh-yu

From Taiwan Headlines (link): Taiwan’s next generation of filmmakers can reinvigorate the sagging Taiwan film industry by training more screenwriters and producers who can fully exploit various aspects of both Chinese and Taiwanese culture, Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (ÊùéÂÆâ) said on Thursday. “Taiwan’s film industry does not lack money or directors. However, it could use […]

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Many miles, Many Smiles – Stephanie Queen

From Bellevuel Leader (link) When Tony and Jodi Miceli show off their new baby to friends and family, people can’t help but comment, “She looks just like her mommy!” Remarkably, she does. Even though Cecilia Bao Miceli was born in China and has only been with the Micelis for a little less than a month, […]

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Dogs popular on Chinese dinner plates – John Taylor

From The World Today (link): China is the world’s greatest consumer of dog meat, eating as many as 20 million dogs a year. Many die horrible deaths in live animal markets. But in Beijing, Dog restaurateur Wang Qiming says business is good. “There are many who eat dogs. Before, young people didn’t, but now they […]

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Why Young Expats Are Heading to China – Ralph Jennings

From MSNBC (link): Jeremy Goldkorn spent six years hanging out in Beijing, drifting from job to job. He taught English for a while. He rode his bike through Tibet. For a year he worked at Beijing Scene, an entertainment magazine, until it was shut down a year later. He bounced between Beijing and Silicon Valley […]

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Tourists urged to show right manners abroad – Xinhua News Agency

From Shanghai Daily (link): Some Chinese tourists are being warned that while their bad social graces such as spitting, slurping food and jumping queues may merely disgust people at home, they are sometimes not at all tolerated in other countries. Zhang Xiao was warned about his manner by his travel agency as he prepared for […]

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