The Chinese Music Playlist

Welcome to the playlist! We have collected an ongoing playlist featuring contemporary Chinese artists and songs popular in Taiwan, China, and the Chinese speaking world. This playlist features artists from different genres, from pop music to indie to rap and hip hop. Check back regularly to hear new songs and discover your next favorite Chinese…

Authentic-like Materials for your Chinese Classroom

Searching for materials that are level-appropriate and meaningful can be a challenge for a foreign language classroom. Search terms might not yield accurate results. The information on documents might be too overwhelming for students new to the language or too sparse. Sometimes, all you can find are someone else’s low quality photo of their receipt,…

Chinese Street-Style Roundup

China has one of the largest, fastest growing middle classes on the planet, and home to some of the most fashionable cities. Shanghai and Beijing are well known spots for photographing street style and people watching. Taiwan, especially Taipei, is known for being fashionable and modern as well. Chinese street fashion is a mix of…

Socialist Realism: A Love Story

Back when I was a junior in highschool, my family and I took a spring break trip to Portland, Oregon for college visits and a little bit of leisure. While there, we made the pilgrimage to Powell’s books, the world famous very very big bookstore in the middle of downtown Portland. Eventually, my brother and…

DIY and Apartment Makeover Roundup

Regardless of where you may be from, whether it’s a huge metropolis or a small town in the country, everyone loves a good DIY. The popularity of channels like HGTV in North America, the myriad of DIY youtube channels, and the holy grail for DIY projects Pinterest attest to our love for weekend craft projects…

A Bite of China

Have you ever wanted to know more about the food of one of the oldest civilizations on Earth? Did you know that the cuisine in China is vastly different, and styles of cooking and tastes can be drastically different between two villages in the same province? A Bite of China is a fantastic deep dive…

Amanda Tastes – Modern Chinese Cooking

Everyone is busy and the world is hectic and constantly demanding, and sometimes we just need to carve out a little time for ourselves. My favorite way for a long time has been to search through Youtube to search for cooking videos. I personally love to cook, it’s a hobby of mine and I find…

爱玩客 – Exploring Chinese Cuisine

There is no shortage of travel videos on the internet created by western voices visiting China and making suggestions on what to eat, but it is always interesting to see what people from a country recommend and share with their fellow citizens. In the US, we often see these recommendations via highly produced tv productions,…

Zhang Yimou and Color

Zhang Yimou is one of the most well known and influential Chinese film directors. His contributions to the film industry have not only shaped the evolution of film in China in the past few decades, but have had an international effect as well. In this video essay, Yuan Jiang takes you through an analysis of…