Taobao buyer/seller interactions – Humour

Not understanding local humor is frustrating, especially when you understand the words but don't know why everybody's laughing. In order to rid yourself of embarrassment, what are you going to do? Pretend to laugh? Come on! You can do better than that. Here are three tips to help you avoid becoming the butt of the joke.

Have you ever felt like you were destined for something? Not that there’s some grand master plan laid out for you, but that a bunch of small events in your life were preparation for something greater? It sounds strange to say it, but I feel that way about China, especially Chinese food. I’ll explain...

Jack finished his last class and coming out the door he lit his first cigarette of the day. At his apartment door, Jack crushed his fourth cigarette and took the fifth inside. He checked his phone messages. Then he stepped back out and lit number six and headed to McDonald's.

A lot of foreign girlfriends I meet wonder how Chinese girlfriends have such doting boyfriends. They wonder about the dynamics of these relationships that produce boyfriends who are attentive, adoring, and even willing to do all household chores. Often, these foreign girlfriends wonder whether they will be able to have such boyfriends too.