General historical overview After the fall of the Qing Dynasty in the early 1900s, there was an explosion of Western education, as wealthier families sent their children to be educated abroad (mostly in Japan which by then was fairly Westernized, but some went to the US/UK too). The old traditional Chinese medicine practices began to […]
In the past week or so a lot of disturbing rumors have been emerging from China about the COVID-19 viral outbreak. Most of them are unofficially reported and just pass through the grapevine, for example about hospitals in Wuhan turning people away because they’re at maximum capacity, doctors abandoning their posts, human-to-human transmission since almost […]
General Almost no one from the older generations (30+ y/o) will speak English; almost everyone sub-30 will speak at least some English. Menus, signs, etc. will probably be entirely in Chinese or occasionally very questionable English. Great Firewall of China Many websites/apps that Westerners take for granted are blocked. Facebook, Instagram, Gmail, etc. Even if […]
The Longest Day in Chang’an has been lauded as one of the best modern Chinese tv series, with fans going so far to say it is of comparable quality to some of the best Western shows. Parallels have been drawn with Game of Thrones, since both focus heavily on characters’ perspectives and motivations. In brief, […]