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The 88s features this great post about Chinese inlaws experiencing American culture for the first time. For anyone that has Chinese inlaws, or has wanted to see how Chinese people handle themselves when they're the fish out of water, this is a must read.

We prepared some post cards about Chinese festivals for you to send to your friends. Chinese culture can be reflected by the cards.

Article features an excellent interview with China's Zhang Shan, a shooting gold medalist from the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Zhang says Chinese athletes sacrifice their own lives to 'contribute' to China. She also says that home ground advantage may not necessarily be a good thing.

On youku’s front page today is a video entitled: “温州大学保安当众将狗打死” or “Wenzhou University Security [guard] beats a dog to death in front of everybody.”

And though I wish it wasn’t the case, the video shows exactly that.

An old Chinese saying goes: "People regard food as their prime want." The greeting words of Chinese people are so distinctive and well-known around the world: “have you eaten?” People often greet their friends or acquaintances in this way in China. Though this custom has changed among young people and is most prevalent in rural areas, it shows how Chinese people attached great importance to their food.

Lou Ye's controversial movie, Summer Palace, showed at the Toronto International Film Festival. Lou defied Chinese officials when he submitted Summer Palace for competition at the Cannes Film Festival before the film had been cleared by the country's censors.

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra knew a month beforehand that Sanlu was producing contaminated baby milk formula.

I greatly respect and admire Chinese culture. I may not always agree with the politics or the attitudes that I encounter (in fact I often do not) but I am grateful for the opportunity to live here and immerse myself in the culture. I was thinking about my favorite aspects of Chinese culture.

Here a few of my thoughts; feel free to add more.

Danwei reports that Beijing's tap water is now drinkable - sort of. Though the city stepped up and is five years ahead of the requirements to meet national drinking water standards, there is some question on whether it's REALLY drinkable.

The problem, as might be guessed, is that though the water is up to the tight standards when it leaves the water processing plant, after it winds its way through a vast network of old piping, it has been contaminated again.