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The Chinese celebrates the Duan Wu Zie every year to commemorate the death of a Chinese patriot Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 BC)who committed suicide . He was from the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty . It is also called...

Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Jie/端午节), the 5th day of the 5th month on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on June 23, 2012. There is a 3 day holiday in China from June 22 – 24, 2012. Duan Wu Jie involves the legend of the poet Qu Yuan (Chu Yuan...

This space will update throughout Chris’s trip to China, with photographs, conversations, videos and more. You can read here, or keep an eye on Medium. August 4: Ai Weiwei: At Home With China’s ‘Second Government’ Not perhaps since Alexander Solzhenitsyn...

NOVANEWS By Alex Calvo and Bao Qiaoni The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 13, Issue. 49, No. 1 21 December,2015 The one hundredth anniversary of the Great War is prompting a renewed effort at both the popular and academic levels to ensure that the different...

Culture Distinction in China, it’s not very unusual to view females strolling across the street keeping fingers, or guys jogging along with their biceps over one another’s shoulders. There’s nothing unusual going on, it’s simply the culturally appropriate...