中文 Zhang Jie Yu 张建宇 is a 43 year old taxi driver from Beijing who has worked as a driver his whole adult life, having been interested in cars since …
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A World to Teach
Lu Kong is a 24 year old Chinese teacher who teaches Chinese in India. While at university, she studied how to teach Chinese as a foreign language and has been …
He’s Making a Fortune: The Tale of a Teller
中文 Li Jiu Ming is a 58-year-old fortune teller who runs …
The Library Lady
Mao Ju is the founder of the Caochangdi Free Library in northeast Beijing, which was established in October 2010. She now has 130 young students and volunteers, ranging between the …
In China He Trusts: Jon Zatkin
Jon Zatkin was an American citizen who lived in Beijing, China, for over twenty-five years. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, he was a full-time actor and musician and played foreign characters …
The Anti Artist
Yu Jing is the 26 year old Artistic Director for Egg Gallery in Caochangdi Village, Beijing. In addition to his gallery duties, he produces his own iconoclastic artwork, employing an eclectic …
Step Into My Kitchen: A Talk With A Sichuan Chef
中文 Su Yong 苏 勇 is a 32 year old chef from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in China. He has been featured on several television cooking shows, has …
A Portrait of a Filmmaker as a Young Man
Guanqiao Fan is a 22 year old film student at Beijing Film Academy. He is currently in the process of editing his fourth short film 南方 (The South), which he wrote, …
The Movie Club of Droogs (朋友)
A_Clockwork_Orange_02_The_Thieving_Magpie_Abridged_ During a rainy April morning in Beijing, a quartet of female college students are in costume and on a mission. The students, dressed like characters from the iconic 1971 …
The Little Shop of Sex
中文 The first sex toy shop in Beijing opened in 1992, and there are now an estimated 2,000 “adult …