This past Wednesday, June 16 was Dragonboat Festival Day (端午节 “duānwǔjié”). Yes, this is an actual holiday. According to tradition, you watch dragonboat (端午 “duānwǔ”) races and eat zòngzi (粽子—sweet rice dumplings). Without going into too much history, the festival basically celebrates Qu Yuan, a famous scholar and poet who drowned himself in a river. [...]
After hearing raving reviews of dragon fruit (huǒ lóng guǒ 火龙果) by some of my foreign friends who had been to China before, I decided to give it a try today. Verdict: meh. The taste was satisfactory, though a little too subtle for my liking. It was the texture that made it disappointing. I’ve come [...]
Via the NYTimes: “High Blood Pressure Tops the List of Preventable Deaths in China.” Can’t imagine why.
Bridget O'Donnell, 22, is a designer for the China Daily in Beijing. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2009 and lived in Shenzhen for eight months before moving to Beijing. More »
