Chinese Idioms – Useful Chengyu

Chinese Idioms – Useful Chengyu (in Chinese and English) The ability to recite “chengyu”, or Chinese idioms, is often a litmus test in China to show not only your language abilities but even your intellect. Learn all you need to know about Chinese sayings along with 21 useful chengyu that […]


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Why China Can’t Stop Talking About Canned Peaches

Why China can’t stop talking about canned peaches on the internet right now. Chinese state media is warning people not to eat canned peaches as a COVID remedy. An unfounded belief that the snack can fight the coronavirus has seen sales of canned peaches surge, per SCMP. As the COVID-vulnerable […]


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Maasai Olympics

Kenya’s Maasai warriors gather to celebrate “Maasai Olympics,” a rite of passage Hundreds of youths from the Maasai pastoralists in Kenya gathered on Saturday at a wildlife sanctuary to participate in “Maasai Olympics,” a ceremony promoted by conservationists as an alternative rite of passage for young men in the community. […]


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A Year Only Lasts 17.5 Hours on the ‘Hell Planet’

The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for its reputation as a “hell planet.” This super-Earth, so named because it’s a rocky planet eight times as massive and twice as wide as Earth, is so scorching […]


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Real ID for Flying

You now have another 2 years to get a Real ID for flying in the US US flyers now have an extra two years to get a Real ID-compliant form of identification. The program was supposed to start in May 2023. Now it’s delayed until May 2025. The US government […]


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