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We begin a guided mediation. First, we should breath and relax.

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For an early age you could tell my grandmother was different. She was precocious and beautiful. An artist, a spy and a beauty her life was a whirlwind.

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People often say that we should not judge a person by his or her appearance, but what is the real definition of beautiful?

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Chinese vlogger Alex kicks off the Christmas season with her Christmas gift list.

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Chinese singer Han Hong talks about her stance on fur and why she loves dogs so much.

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This tutorial teaches you how to do makeup for interviews to give a good first impression to your potential employers. Part one explains how to choose and apply base.

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Chinese people are very hospitable. When going to someone's home, Chinese tea makes a good gift for the host.

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Li Yin Fei and Li Ding perform their crosstalk act the Spring Festival Gala.

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Zhang Fang shows you how to do a hair bump in two minutes.

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How would one describe the flavor of Zhengyan tea?

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Gong De Lin is a vegetarian restaurant that was found by the Jian brothers in Shanghai in 1922.

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How does soil quality affect the quality of the tea?

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Water is an important ingredient to make the best tofu skin.

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What kinds of things are important in tea plantations?

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It might seem very easy to do, but picking tofu skin requires a lot of skills.

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What are the best conditions for producing rock tea?

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Making tofu skin is very hard, especially when you have to put your fingers into a pot of boiling soy milk.

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How do we categorize the different tea sources?

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One of the most important ingredients in a vegetarian meal is the tofu skin. In order to buy the best tofu skin, the food purchaser Auntie Wang found a factory that is about three hours away from Shanghai.

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What if time could be split so that we could know the outcomes of our decisions? That's the question this contemplative short film raises. In the first installment, we meet a young doctor caring for his ailing father.

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Part two of this moving story sees our protagonist flash back to his childhood as he recalls fond memories of his beloved father.

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Things take a strange turn as our hero enters the mysterious time archives where he learns that time has been split into two and he has an alternate self who has made different choices in life.

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Jianshui gets to see what would have happened if he'd followed his colleague's advice and taken his father back to their hometown to live out his last days.

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Back at the time archives, Jianshui is pretty confused. He discovers his dad left him a touching letter containing some solid fatherly wisdom and heartfelt memories.

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Jianshui's father recalls what happened on his son's sixth birthday, shares more fond memories and continues to deliver advice from beyond the grave. He has a valuable lesson about living your life without doubting your choices.

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difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate
China
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Father - Chopstick Brothers Part 1

A strange tale begins when a fight breaks out on a bus between an old man who lifts up a young woman's skirt and her boyfriend. When the old man begins foaming at the mouth, things get pretty weird...

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We're transported back in time by the old man's memories told as a quirky, old-time style short called "Father," which depicts a sweet relationship between a heroic policeman and his daughter.

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Time skips forward a decade to the Reform and Opening Era in this segment. The father struggles to find romance and raise his 16-year-old daughter.

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Things get dark as the father discovers his daughter has been getting too close to a boy. But his anger quickly turns to remorse when she responds badly to his punishment.

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Hidden in an alley in central Shanghai is a noodle shop owned by a man whom everyone calls "the Butler."

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Meet Yanni, a former magazine editor whose inner voice tells her there's more to her life than the one she has known.

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Former magazine editor, Yanni, resigned from her job to make short cooking videos, tackling a problem faced by those living alone.

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Having worked for other people her entire life, Annie has finally gone into business for herself, organizing weekend markets in Shanghai.

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Annie also works at an old European furniture shop that features items she and her husband have collected over the past several years.

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A self-professed introvert, the Butler discusses a swimming club he joined.

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Yanni organizes a small party for someone who has inspired her.

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Annie recalls when she decided to begin her working life in Shanghai.

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As Yanni prepares for a project, the Butler explains what "craft" means to him.

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The Butler describes his current stage in life.

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