These are weekly summaries of Chinese Culture related news that I collect and send to a variety of egroups. I hope you enjoy them.
Older Archives:- 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
- Views on filial piety reflect changing society - Chinese tourists may travel to US soon - "Gold collar" professionals increasing - Family tree makes comeback - Ethnic clothes set int'l fashion trends - Beijing tries "cars for cash" move
- How do you raise a child in today's China? - Divorce rises with changing marriage, love - Heavy fog falls on great part of China - Ming Dynasty coffin uncovered - Scholar makes bid to revive traditional names - Survey: Chinese people's medical expenses increase dramatically
- Shopping trips fashionable around Christmas season - People paying more for Christmas dinner - China aims to be No. 1 destination - Marriage and the "me" generation (traditional wedding photo) - Ming Dynasty dish fetches $5.7m (photo) - 3 200-year-old fire engines found in Guangdong
- First special policewoman to protect Beijing kindergarten - China issues 1st set of stamps on family names - Obesity threatens Chinese - Color Ringtone the new trend in China - Bigger storage pushes more Chinese to get new e-mail - Red-crowned cranes arrive in Yellow River Delta for winter
- 80% senior citizens to live alone by 2010 - Pets bring pleasure, problems to urbanites - Push for panda as Olympic mascot - Toilet renovation starts sanitation revolution - Chinese becomes the second popular foreign language in the US - Curator -- a burgeoning profession in China
- Lucky year induces more women to give birth - Bid to curb smoking in school - Overburdened students refuse weekend classes - Shanghai, Beijing the top cities in China - Temple of Earth under restoration (photo) - "Cry Bar" lets out your stress
- China orders overhaul in kindergarten, school security - Chinese living in 'fast lane' - Beijing to rebuild old imperial palace - 80% of senior citizens to live alone in 2010 - Plan to rebuild Silk Road in making - Ke Ke Xi Li: an uncompromising hit
- Beijing sticks tough to one-child policy - 1500 erhu players seek record (photos) - Double Ninth Day coming up amid drums - Panda love in the air, bears seek new mates - Dragon and lion dance, a carried-on tradition in modern China - Methane pits kindle sanitary revolution in rural areas
- One-quarter of Shanghai's kids consider suicide - 200 mln Chinese overweight, obesity expected to rise sharply - Wedding revolution sweeps nation - Forbidden City reopens Treasure Museum (photos) - Vegetables helpful in autumn - Gorgeous scenes of Huanglong (photos)
- China to link all households by phone by 2020 - Foreigners welcome "green card" - Today's living styles - ease and convenience - Centuries-old Huizhou culture catches attention - Going to the movies remains top pastime - China's dancing arts R&D center for children inaugurates
- Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! - A psalm of autumn (great photos) - Mooncakes take the bite of packaging - 16 Chinese TV channels land in US - Students gripe about English class - Sky-high priced jade necklace on show (photo)
- Traditional values give way to the mall - 3.67m Guangzhou travelers to hit the road - Chefs cook-up capital dishes - South China tigers to take trip to South Africa - Chinese ethnic written language applies for intangible world heritage - Last inheritress of China's female-specific languages dies
- How to savor the best of moon cakes - A day off wanted for Mid-Autumn Festival - Many Chinese forget how to write their language: survey - Purity of Chinese language debated - Fashion schoolbags and equality - Costume changes decipher China's century-old social changes
- The legacy and future of the Chinese language - Why are mooncake prices so, so high? - Generation gap widens - "Cuju," the ancient predecessor of football, to be revived in east China - Toddlers learn to swim (great photo) - Buffer zone to safeguard Forbidden City
- China pushes kindergarten security - First foreign couple get marriage certificate in Guangzhou - Modernisation threatens dialects in China - Experts blame TV for growing obesity among children - Pondering on celebrity culture - Free meteorological data website launched in China
- Incentives offered to families with girls - New Guangzhou airport operates smoothly - Stars, spaceman top poll for youth - 250 million-year-old cliff pictures discovered in SW China - HK Disneyland to combine Western, Chinese cuisine - Beijing issues yellow alert on power shortage
- Should we try to raise wolves, or stick to sheep? - China to issue special stamps of rare tiger - Myanmar builds underground museum for largest jade stone - 150th anniversary of graduation of first Chinese student studying in US - New Silk Road's Tibetan-style fineries (photos) - Chinese spend 250 bln yuan on weddings each year
- Chinese dragons might originate from boars: archeologists - China's first revolutionary army of women remains adored - "Papa" is the daddy of ancient language - Terracotta warriors draw more than 70 million visitors in the past 30 years - Tibetan Buddhism resumes top-degree academic exams - Some 100 million Chinese continue to suffer iodine deficiency
- "Re-experience the Long March": China to launch "red tourism" project - "Ghostdrivers" take edge off drunk driving - China's drivers put best foot forward - Beijing tops costly cities for living on the Chinese mainland - Expert panel to correct English on public signs - Hair in China today-black is beautiful
- Most polluted cities in China listed - Campaign on AIDS awareness to sweep China - Violent programs banned before 11pm in Jiangxi - Soong Mei Ling's old residence appeals to trendsetters - First dog market opens in Beijing - Bears sip cola to stay cool
- 'Care For Girls' gaining momentum - Preserving Beijing in their own ways - Campaign launched to rejuvenate Chinese poetry - History of Chinese marriage certificates - Bigger role in store for private schools - Intangible heritage Qunqu opera melts into modern life
- Imbalance gender ratio a worry of China - Chinese student gives gift of life - Money Game: Rotating illusion of getting wealthy - Shaolin Temple applies for trademark registration in over 80 countries - Largest jade sculpture of Buddha - Trial divorce saves marriage
- Chinese wrap up glutinous rice, commemorate ancient poet - When east meets west in Dragon Boat Festival in HK - Leaning pagoda to be protected (photo) - Entering the Forbidden City: From courtiers to common tourists - Inksticks write an interesting page in China's history - New findings throw limelight on Peking Man site
- Panda pregnant after watching videos - Terracotta warriors at Qinshihuang's mausoleum: 8th world wonder - Pictures of the Terracotta warriors - Drug use of youngsters on the rise - China's urban population hits 338 mln - Imperial dragon drum of Qing dynasty unveiled (photo)
- China seeks way to care for the aged - China has over 1,750 giant pandas: survey - Ancient City of Pingyao: Picture of Han life hundreds of years ago - Inferior toys: growing threat to children's health - Chinese acrobatics draws foreign learners - Double eyelids, double luck in future?
- Chinese children's reader challenges Harry Potter - Chinese middle-class families defined - Children's Day marked in China - China to spend more on children's movies, cartoons - English tests trigger gold rush in China - 172 rare monkeys rescued in Guangxi
- 10 million Chinese kids lack parental care - Single children growing up, marrying - 107 People Banned from Driving for Life in Jiangsu - Reintroduction sites selected for Chinese endangered tigers - Lack of sleep major threat to Chinese teenagers' health - Lang Lang named goodwill ambassador
- China should focus on preservation of traditional culture: expert - The hole trend (photos) - Women more likely than men to succeed as entrepreneurs: survey - The "red heart" of 1928 - Red-hot passion - Wild orchids disappearing in China
- More centenarians living in Tianjin - China gets old before getting rich - Youth given ID cards amid controversy - China, Canada launch social service project fo rural women - Tibet has more mobile phone users than fixed phones users - Hip hop in China
- Editorial on Taachers in China - Individuals encouraged to buy siheyuans (photo) - Abacus man looks for apprentice in vain - Spring auction offers rare blossoms - Chinese businessman collects 10,000 ancient Buddhist sculptures - Weddings rake in big money
- Holiday to see 90m travellers - Calligraphy with 100 tools - 900-year-old Forest of Steles to compete for World Heritage listing - Video game shows face demise - Hedges broken to facilitate free flow of migrant workers - Shanghai to grade bilingual schools
- Tough action to wipe out "killer" milk powder - Journey into the past - Weifang International Kite Game kicks off - Yin oracle bone scripts to go under hammer (photos) - TV prime time for children - No more tears in heaven, but at funerals
- "One child" generation grows up to face strained family relations - China recruits volunteers to teach mandarin overseas - Notice issued to protect cultural heritage - China's 2003 top 10 archaeological findings - China has inoculated tens of millions newborns against hepatitis B - Female entrepreneurs face physical exhaustion
- More youngsters suffer hypertension - Chinese intellectuals die young - 2000-year-old imperial palace unearthed in Xi'an - She was born for dancing (great costume photos) - China's super-luxe trains to debut - Story of a horsehead fiddle artist
- Beijing's population to hit over 15 million in 2008 - More pay tribute to dead loved ones - Beauty contests gain popularity - Ancient Chinese kiln ruins to compete to enter World Heritage list - English, a language you have to learn? - Books in rare ancient characters of Shui group retrieved
- In the classes, kids are partners - Stampede injures 19 students in central China primary school - Govt concerned about youngsters' moral conduct - Guangzhou may dim city lights - Fengshui has big appeal in Shanghai - Dad asks: "Who's my kid's papa?"
- China to correct Great-Wall-in-space myth - Call for 5 more annual holidays - Zhang Daqian's Last Painting Unveiled in SW China (photo) - Internet becomes "matchmaker" for young Chinese - China shuts down 677 state newspapers - Ruins of ancient iron-casting workshops unearthed in central China
- Making little lives happier - Wild spotted deer back in northern China - Plan aims to save dying folk culture - Overwork shortens life span of professionals in Beijing - Multiplication table from 1,800 years ago found in Hunan - Soong Ching-ling's handwritten letters to be published
- China Women's Culture Month opens in Beijing - More Shanghai Couples Adopt Simple Procedure to Divorce - Aging society approaches China with hurry steps - Urban China's new wave of platonic cohabitation - China reports 800,000 deaf kids under seven - Ancient Chinese culinary ware exhibition to be held in HK
- It's spring, and jobs are in the air - Survey: four sectors in desperate need of skilled workers - Renovation of world heritage sites in Beijing to gear up - "Jade Age" existed in China 5,000 years ago: experts - Archaeologists find dragon artifacts - Triplet tiger cubs (cute photos)
- Giant Panda Photos - Hot cup, hot trend - Beijing to put up satellite towns of half-million population - Tibet prepares for Tibetan New Year - Taller children stir debate for 1.1-meter line adjustment - We are generation Y!
- New home awaits giant panda Hua Mei in Sichuan - US-born panda Hua Mei arrives home - 'Pain in the neck' is a thing of the past in Xinjiang - China's Valentine's Day love affair - Family ties maintained in alienating modern society - More than 70% of drug addicts are youths under 35
- Time for lanterns and more changes, possibly - Photos: Lantern Festival celebrated across China - 37 people dead in Lantern Festival in outskirts of Beijing - Hollywood blockbuster wins China holiday box office crown - Women shaping new lives - Beijing to build two new Christian churches
- Children learn to be strong at "Boy Scouts" - "City of ice" gives warm welcome to holidaymakers - Chinese girls go wild for "artificial beauty" - Online tax payment system launched in Beijing - Chinese accept "dink" values - Health jitters shortening China's menus
- Wildlife park stirs controversy by dyeing its monkeys - Folk artist makes largest ceiling-decoration paper-cut - Housekeepers in short supply during Spring Festival - "Festival syndrome" hurting many - Lunar festival means really big spending - More people prefer dining at home on Lunar New Year's Eve as tradition stages comeback
- Railway passengers soaring in run-up to Chinese New Year - What do monkeys mean to you - 1st kindergarten opens for handicapped children - Traditional paper-cutting links small county with world - Rare inscriptions unearthed - Woes of China's literary magazines
- Photo News: Spring Festival traffic peak starts - Stamp gifts for Year of Monkey - Children's channel now on air - Chinese mainland emigrants to US younger, more women - Wild meat to remain on Guangdong dinner table - Museums becoming relics?