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Chinese Tea Culture 功夫茶 11 Conventions of Tea Drinking

Serve tea: Serving tea to the guest is a traditional Chinese convention lasting for more than 1000 years. The host must serve the tea respectfully using both hands to hold the tea cup. Those who are dainty usually will put the cup onto a saucer or tea-tray, and, when offering the tea, they will use two hands to hold the saucer or tea-board before the chest while saying softly “Enjoy your tea”. The guest, at the same time, should slightly move his body forward and express gratitude.

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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。

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Zhou Youguang 周有光

他生于清朝光绪年间,一生当中经历了晚清、北洋、国民政府和新中国建立四个时期,有人戏称他是“四朝元老”。他的一生充满传奇,早年专攻经济学,曾经留学日本并在美国工作,50岁才半路出家,转行研究语言文字学,参与设计“汉语拼音方案”,被誉为汉语拼音创始人之一。他被称为“新潮老头”,虽已百岁高龄,每天还要看书读报、至今仍勤于笔耕,喝“星巴克”咖啡,看《特洛依》大片,时尚不落当代青年。他,就是周有光。 He was born in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. He experienced the four period of

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