“They Beat Me Until I Was Screaming in Pain" – General

Most of us have had a situation where we’d like to try some new dishes but can’t read everything on the menu. To fix this problem and learn some new Chinese, we’ve translated the menu of a local restaurant in Chengdu, Sichuan’s capital city. If you find yourself always ordering the same dishes because you can’t read the menu entirely, start learning this vocabulary and try these dishes out!

ChinaGeeks translates some more information and commentary about the Yan Xiaoling case (Yan Xiaoling is a young Fujian woman who either died being raped to death by eight policemen or died in a hospital of complications due to pregnancy, depending on who you believe).

ChinaGeeks translates a Chinese journalist's blog post on whether or not China should deploy troops to Afghanistan, and then does some speculating of their own about the implications of an internationally active Chinese military.

Ever thought about never doing housecleaning ever again? In China, your dream can become true thanks to an “Ayi”. For those who (still) do not speak Chinese, Ayi means maid and in this article we provide you all the vocabulary needed for conversing about housekeeping and more.