You’re walking through a Chinese park when someone approaches you. Except they’re facing the wrong way. They’re walking backwards. Then another person passes doing exactly the same thing. Why? 😂 🥟 The Quick Bite Backward walking 倒走 (dàozǒu) is an exercise...
Visit a park in China early in the morning and you may find it already busy. Someone is practicing tai chi. A group is moving together to music. Others are stretching, walking backwards or doing exercises you may not recognize. Why...
You may notice it in your hotel, on a train, in a restaurant — or simply when someone offers you a drink. Hot water. Just hot water. For many international travelers, the obvious question is: Why? 🥟 The Quick Bite Drinking...
You’ve just met someone in China. A few minutes later: “How old are you?”“Are you married?”“Do you have children?” 😳 We just met! 🥟 The Quick Bite Questions about age, marriage, children, work or where you come from may feel surprisingly...
You’re visiting a famous sight in China when someone smiles, points at their phone and asks: “Photo?” Sometimes they want a selfie with you. For international visitors who aren’t used to this, the first reaction can be: Why me? 😂 🥟 The...
You are walking through a park in China after dinner. Music starts playing. A dozen — sometimes dozens — of people line up. Then everyone starts doing the same dance. What’s going on? Welcome to square dancing (广场舞, guǎngchǎngwǔ) — one of the...
Beijing itineraries can look beautifully efficient on a map. Temple of Heaven → Tiananmen Square → Forbidden City → Jingshan Park. All four attractions follow a fairly logical northbound route through central Beijing (北京, Běijīng). But can you realistically do all of...
For someone making their first trip to Asia, Hong Kong can be a wonderfully approachable introduction. There are famous sights, of course. But Hong Kong (香港) becomes much more interesting when you mix the skyline with ferries, neighborhood streets, local food, markets and some...
Traveling in China with older parents raises some surprisingly specific questions. One traveler planning a trip to Suzhou (苏州, Sūzhōu) with her father discovered that visitors aged 70 and above can enter the famous Humble Administrator’s Garden (拙政园, Zhuōzhèng Yuán) free. But does that benefit...
The National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆, Zhōngguó Guójiā Bówùguǎn) is free to visit—but that certainly doesn’t mean you can simply turn up. For international visitors, there can be another source of confusion: what happens when the WeChat reservation system appears to ask for...
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