Category Archives: Cultural Note

Interesting cultural notes about China.

Some Chinese Characters are Gender-Biased

By John | Published January 31, 2010

A recent post on the popular Chinese forum Tianya has caused a sensation online. Author and lawyer Ye Mantian rallied against the structure of many vulgar Chinese characters as containing elements in reference to women.
Ye Mantian asked that such gender biased and often offensive characters are replaced with gender-neutral forms. For example, the character for [...]

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Govt-backed Gay Bar Finally Opens in China

By John | Published December 23, 2009

Gay bars have been operating in China for the past 15 years, however, one in Dali, Yunnan has attracted international attention in the past few weeks because it is the first government funded gay bar in China.  After a three-week delay, the bar opened Saturday in a low-key fashion.
The bar was due to open on [...]

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Nationalism and Patriotism to a Senseless Level in China

By John | Published October 29, 2009

I use Kaixin001 (China’s version of Facebook and by far the most popular SNS) because that’s where most of my friends hang out.  Yesterday I saw a post/vote entitled “一种昂貴的花.日本配开.中国永远开不了” or “A rare flower that will only blossom in Japan and never in China.”  Because I just heard that Japan successfully cultivated a natural blue [...]

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