Watch the popular Chinese short film "Winner" by the Chopsticks Brothers (w/ English subtitles) – Arts & Entertainment

I've had Mao's Last Dancer on my "to watch" list for a while now, and finally sat down and gave it a look the other night.

Surrounded by expensive pieces of Chinese art purchased from auction houses in London and New York, Wang Zhongjun, China's 50-year old film mogul, appears the very model of a modern Chinese entrepreneur. [...] "Our [company] goals weren't very clear so and we didn't know if it was a good idea or not [to make films]. Maybe we didn't find it difficult because our goals weren't clear," he told CNN.

This week, propaganda-heavy China Central Television (CCTV) launched programming for American viewers produced out of a new office building steps away from the White House. Meanwhile, a determined and growing band of independent filmmakers documents the complex, often uncomfortable realities of China's past and present.

This short articles briefly explains basic table manners used in formal and semi-informal situations in China, gives you a couple of nice Mandarin Chinese idioms to say, which will make people feel good and at some humor, and refer you to one video in a series about Chinese table manners produced by Mark Kemsley.