When it comes to parenting, Chinese fathers say the most important role they play is that of the family chauffeur. chauffeur:司机,开车运送 In a survey of 500 Chinese fathers released earlier this week by communications company JWT, respondents ranked drivi…
Chinese investors have been snapping up real estate in the world's most important cities this year. While it's easy to dismiss rich foreign buyers as the dumb money in any market, these investors are taking a sensible approach. Real-Estate:不动产,房地产 sn…
Entrepreneur and author ShaoLan Hsueh thinks that English-speakers can start learning to read Chinese in less than 10 minutes. The language, she says, has more than 20,000 written characters, which most students in China learn by rote memorization. M…
A 1-1 tie at home was sufficient for Guangzhou Evergrande to clinch the Asian Champions League title, the first Chinese club to win the tournament in more than two decades. clinch:拥吻,钉牢 tournament:锦标赛,联赛 on aggregate:总共,总计 It was difficult to spot a…
Where are Chinese tourists going to next? Pop culture may hold some clues, from blockbuster rom-com 'Finding Mr. Right' to U.S. sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory.' blockbuster:轰动,巨型炸弹 China is the source of most of the world's tourists as well as its bigge…
Li Shan's oldest son was the perfect candidate to join the throngs of Chinese students studying abroad. But he chose Tsinghua University in Beijing. throng:人群,拥挤,众多 That is an unusual choice for a graduate of the elite Hong Kong International School,…
Chinese companies build iPads, high-speed trains and world-class telecom gear, but they can't seem to make their own fancy handbag. gear:齿轮,装置,工具 It's true that global giants from Prada to Apple source goods from China, but it is difficult to name a…
The appointment of India-born Satya Nadella as Microsoft Corp.'s CEO has caused a bit of a stir in China, where people are questioning why Indians but not Chinese are getting top jobs in the U.S. Language and familiarity with Western culture are the…
Mistrust between U.S. and Malaysian air-accident investigators has hampered a multinational probe into the jetliner that went missing three weeks ago, people familiar with the investigation said, with no clear leads emerging about who or what was res…
[Confident girls are often called the other B-word, and it can keep them from reaching their full potential, write Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez.] Sheryl: When my brother and sister describe our childhood, they will say that I never actually…