This article also appeared in The Atlantic, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. On December 9, world anti-corruption day, the government of Guangdong province in Southern China took a step toward something potentially huge. According to China Business Journal, the government selected three counties–Hengqin County of Zhuhai City, Nansha County of Guangzhou City and Shixing [...]
Many Chinese celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14, but yesterday was the traditional Chinese equivalent of the holiday, called Qi Xi (七夕). On this day every year, many men and women will profess their feelings for each other or propose–one of the trending topics on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, was “Let’s get married!” On [...]
Cantonese netizens reacted angrily to new regulations requiring that, starting on March 1, 2012, all television, radio and even Internet broadcasts in Guangdong province, one of China’s most prosperous, must use Mandarin Chinese instead of Cantonese. The two languages have much vocabulary in common but are nevertheless nearly mutually unintelligible due to extensive differences in pronunciation. [...]
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