Hemingway’s Paris memoir   I’ve been obsessed with Ernest Hemingway’s works ever since I was a child – the classic dialogues were shown telegraphically while those fascinating details were pr...

China stands as a nation where citizens take action on numerous traditional customs to celebrate the Chinese New Year. One of these customs is giving and getting red envelopes. During the Chinese New ...

Past as the Spring Festival of 2018 is, the festive atmosphere is still strong with the coming of the Lantern Festival. In Guangzhou, an event called Yuexiu Temple Fair is held annually on the 15th of...

"Hey! I've got a baby!", "Oh my little baby went travelling again...", "You know what? My baby comes back!"...   If you open your WeChat and browse the Moments, you will probably find that your f...

It is said that "Lao Gan Ma" (a kind of chili oil from China) enjoys a great popularity around the world because of its distinctive flavour. Gilt, an American E-commerce website, describes it with poe...

In this winter holiday, I travelled to Singapore, a small but well-developed country, and I had the privilege of witnessing all the greatness and glory an elaborately-planned modern city can bring abo...

Koh Chang, the elephant-shaped island on the Gulf of Thailand's eastern seaboard, 310 km from Bangkok, attracted me not for what it was famous for, even though it offers visitors more than 6 very...

As the most celebrated festival in China, the Spring Festival has its own prelude. This prelude actually refers to a day called “xiao nian” (小年) in Chinese, which means Minor Chinese New Year. &nb...

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese. Mentioning customs of the Spring Festival, what crowds in your mind first? Setting off firecrackers and fireworks, giving children lucky...