Category: Chinese Culture

Top Product Scandals of 2017 (So Far)

If the Spring Festival Gala is CCTV’s annual celebration of everything glittery and harmonious in the motherland, the “315 Gala” would be its evil twin. For 26 years, this TV spectacle has been exposing misconducts of Chinese business world on the evening of March 15, also known as World Consumer Rights Day. Local governments and law enforcement usually follow up the very next day by investigating and cracking downs on the unlucky companies and brands on the show—if only reality shows were this satisfying.

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Foreign Presence

Foreign journalists have often had a tumultuous relationship with China’s Two Sessions government meetings. Arguably the biggest event on China’s annual political calendar, questions are vetted and approved before they can be asked.

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Macau About That?

Peering through the ruins of St. Paul’s Cathedral, an iconic facade that justifiably serves as one of Macau’s most instantly recognizable tourist attractions, you can, if you position yourself just right, catch a profound glimpse of the “real” Macau. Framed by one of St. Paul’s stone doorways, the city’s skyscrapers glimmer alluringly in the distance, a striking juxtaposition that neatly summarizes the core appeal of this former Portuguese colony. In Macau, you see, the sacred rub shoulders with the sinful, the high-brow walk hand in hand with the low, and the city’s intoxicating mix of Mediterranean mystique and Pearl River Delta divinity is unforgettable.

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