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82) CPC Founding Day and Anniversary of the Return of Hong Kong: Video Culture Class - Chinese Holidays
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Learn more about Chinese culture! Ever wondered what the most important Chinese holidays are, and how they are celebrated? Then this 25-lesson video series is for you!
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In this episode we challenge a Chinese scholar from Thailand to combine fashion and Chinese in a creative way. And art-restorer Zhang Yan learns the art of brewing a famous tea from her hometown, Hangzhou—a tea that has won praise from Emperor Qian Long, and even saved his empress’ life.
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She is an award-winning Malay TV actress, but growing up, her first language was Mandarin. Presenter Melissa Hyak meets Sharon Ismail, and together they sample some interesting halal Chinese food, learn the disappearing art of making dough figurines, and even attempt to act in Mandarin.
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Nicki Lim may have a Chinese-sounding name, but she looks thoroughly European. The Swiss national has embraced all things Chinese...and Singaporean since she moved here two years ago. In this episode, Nicki goes on a gastronomical and cultural adventure with host Melissa Hyak—from tackling the thorny King of Fruits, to taking up the challenge of translating a karaoke classic (and belting it out, no less!), to mastering the art of Chinese finger...
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In this episode, Melissa Hyak meets with personalities with the gift of gab! She takes part in a cooking-cum-debate competition against some of the best Chinese debaters in the land—in Mandarin of course. Next, she attempts to stay focused during a table-tennis showdown while slugging it out at a Chinese word game at the same time. Melissa also meets the former president of the Kowloon Club, himself a well-known lawyer with an interest in collecting...
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In this episode, Melissa Hyak meets Vanessa Shih, hailed as the most beautiful career diplomat from Taiwan. Melissa bravely takes Ms Shih on in a Chinese riddle competition during the Mid-Autumn Festival, with questions ranging from Song dynasty poems to local TV programs. How will Melissa fare against the former Taiwan government spokesperson in this challenge? The Representative of Taipei also invites Melissa to her home and prepares four seasonal...
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The guanzi is said to be one of the toughest Chinese musical instruments to master. And Chinese ethnic dance is known to be one of the most elusive of performance art forms. This week, Melissa Hyak meets two shifu who teach her a thing or two about these hard-to-access Chinese arts.
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In the debut episode of season 2, presenter Melissa Hyak travels to Shanghai, China, to soak in the atmosphere of everything “huayu”! She meets a fellow presenter from the local news station and is issued the challenge of reading a piece of news in Mandarin. Together, they meet a young internet user who teaches them a thing or two about the evolving internet language in China, before proceeding to a restaurant to figure out the flowery, lyrical...
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Melissa meets Kuniko Shimada, Singapore’s multi-talented Japanese TCM doctor who plays the er-hu, does Chinese ink painting, demonstrates Chinese tea-brewing, and doubles up as a taichi/qigong/TCM instructor! Fellow Japanese Yasui Akemi also wows Melissa with her baking, ikebana, and—of course—language skills.
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Romanian Adrian Rusu and Israeli Amit Gilbao became bona fide stars when they found fame on the Channel 8 variety program It’s a Small World. In this episode, host Melissa Hyak enters their homes to find out more about the wacky duo: how do Amit and his Shanxi-born wife fight in different tongues? And how will Amit fare in a Sichuan kitchen?
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A collection of the influential columnist's most notable works and writings includes never-before-published speeches on his political philosophy and personal history and a major, new essay about the state of global democracy.
"Created and compiled by Charles Krauthammer before his death, [this book] is a powerful collection of the influential columnist's most important works. Spanning the personal, the political and the philosophical, it includes...
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"An Empowering and Celebratory Portrait of Black Women-from Josephine Baker to Aunt Viv to Cardi B. In 2013, film and culture critic Zeba Blay was one of the first people to coin the viral term #carefreeblackgirls on Twitter. As she says, it was "a way to carve out a space of celebration and freedom for Black women online." In this collection of essays, Blay expands on this initial idea by delving into the work and lasting achievements of influential...
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"Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay may be the children of terrible villains, but they're fitting in amazingly well on Auradon. Well, at least most of them are. For Mal, the pressure to be royally perfect is too intense, so she returns to her rotten roots on the Isle of the Lost. But Mal soon finds that her archenemy, Uma, the daughter of Ursula, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed princess of evil. Even worse, Uma has a plan to destroy Auradon--and a gnarly...