昨天中午，习近平总书记前往庆丰包子铺排队买包子，自己掏钱就餐。此举被网友拍下照片并上传微博，一时间引发热议，被网友们点赞称“很亲民”。 December 28 noon, netizen posted a microblog claiming that General-Secretary Xi Jinping was in line to buy steamed buns
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Essay: My First Telephone Call
Though the conclusion of this essay might fall a bit flat for all of us who are very used to
Guest Post by Rebecca Chua: The difference between life’s exam and exam papers
Well well well, lookie here. A guest post! Today we’ll be reading Rebecca Chua’s (Chinese name: 蔡幸彤) translation of an
I Did Something wrong
This short essay details a child’s brush with classroom thievery. Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercises: I Did Something WrongIn my opinion,
Dear Diary: Mama Please Believe me
And now a break from all the intermediate and advanced exercises I’ve been posting lately. This one is a straightforward
Love Our China: A Patriotic speech
Welp, you can’t get more forcefully patriotic than this. This transcript of a student’s classroom speech reads like a political
Story Behind the Idiom: Yi Pu Shi Han
This short tale addresses the background story behind the Chinese idiom 一暴十寒, which literally translates to “One day of sun,
You can come back again
Another slightly off-color “they don’t teach you how to say that in the textbook” joke, this one about two parents
The desert
This is a very short beginner children’s joke. Beginner Chinese Children’s Jokes and StoriesThe Chinese title of this joke is
Father and Son Don’t Get along
Another super-simple and very short children’s joke. Beginner Chinese Passages and Chinese Kids JokesOne thing to watch out for here
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