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Chinese Bachelors Seek Budget Brides: Should We Be Doing The Same?

Philip Ellis | Posted 05.06.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Relationships, Love and Relationships, Chinese Culture, Dating, Marraige, Weddings, UK Lifestyle News
Philip Ellis

So, have the Chinese found the highly sought-after recipe for a perfect marriage? Such a cheat sheet is probably non-existent, but the budget spouse does raise some interesting questions about modern partnerships.

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The Question Is Not if Hong Kong Is a Racist City - the Question Is Why the City of Hong Kong Still Accepts Racism Openly?

Navjot Singh | Posted 25.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Racism, Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific, UK, China, World, Chinese Culture, UK News
Navjot Singh

In China people often ask me whether I am white or yellow (somehow they cannot tell), and I get called all sorts of things under the sun (Mexican, Malaysian, Arabic, Italian, Spanish...you name it)...everything except being called British!

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Jessica Elgot

Delight In China As Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize..

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 11.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Nobel Prize, UK News, Chinese Culture, Chinese Communist Party, Nobel Prize Literature, Chinese Government, China Censorship, Mo-Yan-Nobel-Prize, Chinese Literature, China, Mo Yan, Home News

Mo Yan was congratulated for his Nobel Literature Prize win by prominent authors in his home country - but some on social networking sites criticised ...

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Going for a Chinese in Venice

Rollo Ross | Posted 04.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Hayao-Miyakazi, Tony Leung Ka Wai, Tai Chi, Chinese Culture, Film, Video Games, Kung Fu, Stephen Fung, Animation, Film Review, Film Reviews, UK Film, Venice Film Festival, Video, UK Entertainment News
Rollo Ross

Every year in Venice, the Chinese invade the film festival with their massive army of delegates to launch a movie they hope might permeate through to make it big in the West. It's always a massive gamble, and often they don't succeed. But this year, with Tai Chi 0 I think they're finally onto a winner

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Why Did This Man Deliberately Smash A £10,000 Bottle Of Wine?

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 30.08.2012 | UK
Read More: French Wine, Chinese Wine, Weibo, UK News, Sina Weibo, Chinese Culture, China Technology, Wine, China Economy, China, UK News

A Chinese wine connoisseur has brought a new meaning to getting smashed - by throwing a £10,000 bottle of French wine on the floor at a high-end wine...

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A Graduate in China - Confusing Prejudice with Curiosity

Sam Bence | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: African Migration to China, China, Racial Prejudice, Chinese in Africa, UK Students, Culture, Chinese Culture, UK Universities & Education News
Sam Bence

From the back I could quite easily be taken as Chinese. I have dark hair and a medium build, but some of my peers, whom are particularly tall or who have blond hair, are seen as celebrities. In tourist spots we are asked to have pictures taken with young children or families who will remain complete strangers.

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Two Men Charged With £18 Million Heist From Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum

Posted 04.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Chinese Antiques, Fitzwilliam Museum, Chinese Culture, Art Theft, Theft, Cambridge, UK News

Two men have been charged over the theft of a hoard of Chinese art from a Cambridge museum. The 18 jade items from the Ming and Qing dynasties were...

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