Blog Tag - Chinese TV

Trending in Beijing: Sympathy for the Handsome, Shame for Rule Breaker
The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this? Trending in Beijing is a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, ...
TGIF: Make the Most of Your Weekend With These Killer Activities
The weekend is here! Time for fun, relaxation, and recharging the ol' batteries ahead of *gulp* Monday morning's alarm clock. Luckily enough, there’s...
Throwback Thursday: Navigating The Maze of Chinese TV Censorship
It's weird, it's wonderful, it's a deep-dive into 11 years of blog archives. It's time for Throwback Thursday... This Thursday, we travel all the way...
"We Can't Have Your Belly Showing on Television" Comic Jesse Appell on His Breakthrough Chinese National TV Appearance
While most foreigners joke about the Beijing bikini, one of the city’s most famously funny laowai was shocked to find that you can’t crack wise about...
What happens when an American ‘love expert’ is invited onto China’s most popular dating show? Does she navigate it with ease or come unstuck by the...
Yue Xu, Dating Coach, Lands on China's Top Dating Show
Last August, we interviewed Yue Xu, a dating coach who dispensed some dating tips for expats and gave us her take on Beijing’s singles scene (which...
Art Attack: Conan Takes On Chinese Copycat, Irish Dance and Parkett Art
The entertainment worlds of East and West are melding so much, soon we won’t be able to tell if a movie, TV show, art exhibit or concert was...