When you browse some international websites these days, you might notice that there are two language options for seemingly the same language: Chinese. Why are there two different ways of writing one language? How does it work?

To understand why…

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Last Day of Summer I

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Since the topic is on names, I would like to talk about how modern Chinese people name themselves. To help you understand better, I will first introduce the basic laws of naming in ancient China.

In ancient China, a person's…

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It starts with cleaning around the house and weeding on the 24th, Christmas Eve. Many families in my village buy meat, rice, soda, and many other delicacies. Every girl and boy organizes their newly bought clothes for a beautiful Christmas…