A happy group of foreigners gathers at the door of an exotic Sichuan restaurant and a waiter leads the party of five to a lovely hand-carved wooden table.
A Chinese with only 24 hours in Washington DC would probably jog up Capitol Hill and then aim for the White House.
When I left China for a visit home and landed at the airport on Kauai, Hawaii, I was teary-eyed at being "home again".
There will be a revolutionary tinge to Chinese tenor Li Shuangjiang's May 14 concert at the National Center for the Performing Arts.
I grew up on a farm at a time when life was simple. Though I doubt I can adjust to rural life again after so many years in the city
A few Chinese friends have the very annoying habit of shooting out dinner invitations at the very last minute.
In fact China is "mad as hell and is not going to take this any more", to paraphrase a line from Network, the 1976 movie.
I arrived in the United States a year after the Lu Gang incident, yet it was still a frequent topic of discussion among overseas Chinese students.
I recently took the new bullet train to Beijing from my hometown Taiyuan, in Northwest China's Shanxi province.
Say you're a lover of literary classics and are about to set off for China for an extended stay. You may want to have your favorite books at your fingertips.
Once I asked a Chinese colleague who visited my place: "Aren't you cold?" "Yes," he replied. So I shut the window, thinking he was feeling cold.
When does the magic happen?" most Chinese language beginners ask. How long does it take before they can roam from Xi'an to Yunnan.