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Kerry is a university alumna of Gao Yue, graduating two years earlier than Gao Yue. She works as an English teacher after graduation.

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Sichuan, China is famous for two things - pandas and hot pots. The hotpot, which originated in Sichuan, has recently made its way to major cities around the world, capturing the hearts of many "foodi…

Shaolin Temple is an important Buddhist monastery in China. Shaolin kung fu has appeared in many Chinese films, such as "Shaolin Temple" starring Jet Li.

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China's family planning policy was introduced in 1982. Since then, China has entered the era of one child per couple. However, this policy ended in 2016 and Chinese officials began to encourage coupl…

Bilibili, or "B站" for short, is considered by the Chinese to be the Chinese version of YouTube.It is growing rapidly.

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Gao Yue is in Beijing on business and wants to have dinner with her relatives who live here. But she doesn't know where the restaurant is. She is asking the waiter at the hotel.

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Gao Yue likes watching English videos made by foreign people on Bilibili. She wants to improve her Oral English. What will she do next?

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In City Nanjing in China, when a fire happened, the husband tried his best to keep his wife safe. They are a couple of workers here who comes from other small cities. Here are more details about the …

Li Yang and Gao Yue are watching TV series. What are they talking about?

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In Chinese history, there are seven very special characters who lived in the turbulent Wei and Jin Dynasties. Although they were born in a noble families and well-educated, they were indifferent to f…

Today is the Spring Equinox, which is one of the 24 solar terms in China. The spring equinox is the fourth solar term in spring. It is not only a solar term representing climate change, but also of g…

Sharing a house is a good option for many students or people who have just started working, as long as they find a flat mate who is suitable and pleasant to talk to. In today’s story, we will see tha…

It ‘s spring season now, the weather gets warmer and warmer, nature has regained its vitality. For people who live in north part of China, we can see a lovely figure again is flying back, it is swall…

We all know that in Chinese culture, there are taboos on certain numbers or combinations, such as "4", "514", etc. This is because the homonym of these numbers has an unlucky meaning in Chinese. In a…

For the choice of career, different people have different considerations. Our protagonist of today’s story is a journalist. She has to travel a lot because of her job. There is no doubt that this kin…

There are many Chinese idioms to describe the relationship between husband and wife, and each idiom has a story behind it. "A broken mirror joined together" is a Chinese expression referring to a cou…

Nowadays, on Chinese TV and multimedia platforms, we can see many videos related to foreign friends, who take interviews or filmed with their daily life in China. They talk about their views on China…