Tag: Chinese Culture

US media: China is a 'Confucian country'

孔子的国度 China is a ‘Confucian country’ 如果回溯历史,在很长时间里,西方世界对孔子的了解都是“只闻其声,不见其形”。16世纪,传教士利玛窦第一次把中国文化中的孔子形象介绍到了欧洲,随后又传到了美洲大陆。 For a long time, Westerners had heard of Confucius, but never seen his

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Top English Phrases Borrowed from Chinese

Although a debate currently rages amongst Chinese academics, linguists and lexicographers over English’s place within the Chinese dictionary, English speakers all over the world continue to use bits and pieces of the Chinese language on a daily basis, through various phrases and loanwords previously “borrowed” from Chinese. Here are the top 10 Chinese phrases that made it over the Great Wall and into the vocabularies of English speakers everywher, with a few that might just surprise you.

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American Boy, Clay Garner, Becomes China's Justin 美国男孩成中国比伯

Clay Garner (or Gaoshan in Chinese) might be China’s answer to Justin Bieber. Through the powers of social media, the 18-year-old high school student has become famous among Chinese netizens after he posted homemade videos of himself singing Chinese pop songs on Youku. The videos have captured millions of views and the amateur musician has gained close to 30,000 Weibo followers (that number is still growing!). He has also appeared on a bunch of media, including Beijing TV and 56.com.

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