I'd make a hopeless Confucian. The good old Chinese philosopher insisted that his followers honor their fathers with the highest regard.
While I was in high school, my language teacher would give writing assignments and I had some difficulty in deciphering her intent.
Spending Lunar New Year outside China is no fun. No firecrackers. No strings of red lanterns. No endless feasts to grow fat enough for a year of hibernation.
Granny Zhao's grand birthday party was building up to be an event to remember.
This was no ordinary shopping mall; hanging between two fake sandstone buildings was a football field-sized screen. Like an IMAX theater with a Muzak soundtrack.
Northerners probably don't need reminding that it's been a bit nippy recently.
What makes YouTube so popular? It is the website's content, such as snippets from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, South Park, or any of the latest television shows from around the world.
As much as I love living in China, I needed to return to the United States to see family and friends and settle a few personal matters.
Call me a killjoy, but when New Year rolls around, I account it high time to get golfing.
The Seinfeld TV series was a huge hit in the 1990s thanks to its cast of self-centered New Yorkers and their funny observations about life.
When I went to see the movie Getting Home, I just missed the part where comedian Guo Degang plays a highway robber.
When an American asks me about a major personality or cultural event in China, I cannot just click on wikipedia.com and show them a concise description.