Adv-Intermediate
How and when did Christianity enter China?
Adv-Intermediate
This video details the history of Christianity in China, namely the influential figures, Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi.
Adv-Intermediate
Emperor Kangxi played a major role in introducing Christianity into China.
Intermediate
Learn about some invaluable negotiation techniques for the business world.
Intermediate
Learn 12 essential negotiation tactics for the business world.
Intermediate
Learn 12 essential negotiation tactics for the business world- and some tips on how to deal with different negotiation counterparts.
Intermediate
Handy tips on how to conduct business negotiations are continued with the importance of establishing good relationships, not revealing too much too soon and having breadth and depth of knowledge and a good memory.
Intermediate
Learn about the different negotiation styles in the East and the West.
Intermediate
Learn how the "Pygmalion Effect" can help you become a top negotiator.
"Peach Blossom Utopia" received the Best Short Film Award at the 2006 Handsome Monkey Animation Awards in China. In the same year, at the DigiCon 6+2 Contest sponsored by Japan Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc., it received the First Place Golden Award.
This fisherman lives by the bank of Wuling River. Life has been hard for him. However, one day, a miracle happens.
The fisherman accidentally stumbles into a place that looks a lot like utopia, where he is welcomed and treated like an honorable guest.
The fisherman thinks he must be in heaven upon stumbling into new locale where the people entertain him with copious amounts of their best food and wine. Here, there is neither a government nor taxes looming over them and people treat one other with mutual love and respect.
The fisherman has to leave, but also wants to make sure that he can return to this wonderful place. What can he do?
Was the fisherman deceiving the others and/or himself? Did they find utopia in the end? Watch and find out.
Intermediate
This story is about Han Prime Minister Cao Cao's six-year-old son, Cao Chong (196 to 208 B.C.). The theory this little boy used to weigh an elephant is similar to Archimedes' Principle (287 to 212 B.C.), which is that the weight of an object submerged in fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
Adv Beginner
This well-known story commonly used to educate children on the values of courtesy and fraternal love involves four-year-old Kong Rong giving up some larger pears to his older and younger brothers. Still employed in current times, this text has been used for elementary education since the Song Dynasty.
Intermediate
This idiom indicates that something seemingly bad may turn out to have been a good thing in the end, a blessing in disguise. The story in the video explains it quite well. And, while the idiom can also have the opposite meaning (a good thing becoming something bad), the former is more frequently used.
Intermediate
There are many different Chinese idioms out there that people use today in modern Chinese. "Dui Niu Tan Qin" literally means, "Playing the Zither for a Cow." It means that some people will just never understand or appreciate certain things.
Intermediate
This tells the story of how the ancestor of the Han Chinese, the Yellow Emperor, established the custom of marriage and honeymoons in China thousands of years ago, uniting tribes and bringing communal marriage to an end. Part 1 of 5.
Intermediate
This tells the story of how the ancestor of the Han Chinese, the Yellow Emperor, established the custom of marriage and honeymoons in China thousands of years ago, thus bringing communal marriage to an end. Part 2 of 5.
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