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Mummified Buddha
Chinese authorities have claimed that a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue owned by a Dutch private collector is in fact a stolen
Football Reform
The Chinese government has unveiled a football reform plan in a bid to boost the game in the world’s most populous country.
中国政府公布了足球改革方案,以振兴中国的足球运动。
Traditional Characters
During the ongoing "two sessions", Chinese director Feng Xiaogang suggested schools should teach traditional Chinese characters that contain cultural connotations.
今年“两会”的分组讨论中,冯小刚呼吁在中小学的课本里恢复部分有文化含义的繁体字。
Special Effects 特效
A video parody adapted from a shampoo commercial featuring kungfu star Jackie Chan went viral online, leading Internet users to coin a word "Duang", an onomatopoetic word which doesn’t correlate with any particular Chinese character and refers to special effects.
一段恶搞功夫明星成龙代言的洗发水广告视频在网络上走红,并由此诞生了一个热门词语duang. Duang 是一个拟声词,不对应任何汉字,指的是“特效”。
A Nine-year-old Model
Pictures of a nine-year-old Chinese girl walking along the runway at the Paris Fashion Week have recently gone viral on social media.
最近,一组9岁中国萝莉在巴黎时装周走秀的照片在社交媒体上走红。
Beijing Hutong Names
The city of Beijing is soliciting public opinion on names for its Hutongs. While they should be preserved and protected, some names should be changed to become graceful.
北京市公开在网上征求意见,打算“采雅舍俗”,雅化一些胡同名。
A Brain-paralyzed Poet
A Chinese woman, who suffers from brain paralysis, is being hailed as China’s Emily Dickinson, after one of her poems went viral on the Internet.
脑瘫诗人余秀华走红网络,被称为中国的艾米莉.狄金森。她那首被疯传的诗歌标题叫做《穿过大半个中国去睡你》。
Singer's Cornea Donation
Last Thursday Chinese pop singer Yao Beina offered to donate her corneas to those in need, only one day before she lost her 4-year-long battle against breast cancer.
上周四中国流行歌手姚贝娜捐献了自己的眼角膜,第二天病逝,结束了与乳腺癌四年的抗争。
Free Lunch for Beauties
People are performing a facial screening, taking a unique identification number, and applying for a free meal at this restaurant in central China’s Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan Province from Jan10 to Feb 9.
1月10号到2月9号,在河南郑州的某餐厅,顾客们通过扫描自己的容貌,取得一个号码牌,可以申请免单。