Choose a suitable accommodation is on the top list when we visit a place. In today’s story, a friend of our protagonist visited Beijing, and she shared some experiences of choosing a suitable hotel when we visit Beijing. Hope you enjoy the story.

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For people who are living in modern society, staying up late is a very common behavior. We all know that there will be a negative effect on our body, but it seems that those uncomfortable feelings can disappear with a cup of coffee or a catch up on sleep. In today's story, we are going to discuss the negative effects of staying up late.

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Whether you're just getting yourself started with Chinese or already have some experience, you may wonder how long it will take until you are fluent with the language.

There are a few things to consider:
1. Why do you want to learn it?
2. How much spare time do you have?
3. Can you make it part of your everyday life?

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When we buy the daily fresh food, such as bread or milk, it makes sense that we should not buy too much in order to keep it fresh. In today’s story, our protagonist tells that why she had bought a lot of bread at once and feeling regretted for it. Hope you enjoy the story.

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In ancient China, when the emperors want to make orders on the army, or pass on important messages, they have developed a special symbolic seal that could identify whether the order or messages are true or false. In today’s story, we are going to look at a special seal that was made in a tiger-shape. 

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Kung Pao Chicken is a popular traditional Chinese dish both in China and aboard. Many people think it is a cuisin from Sichuan, however, there are several provinces have this dish with different flavor. In today’s story, we are going to look at the origin of this dish, how it had become to what we eat today, and what are the differences of this dish between different places. Please enjoy the story.

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Sichuan cuisine is one of the four traditional Chinese cuisines and being famous for its spicy taste. But chili was not originated in China, it was introduced to China only three hundered years ago. In today’s story, we are going to discuss the origin of chili, what were the ingridents people using before chill was introduced in China and why it become so popular in some of the provinces. Hope you enjoy the story.

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Rhotic accent is not only difficult for foreigners to practice when they learning Chinese, but also difficult for people from south China learning Mandarin. They are quite complex in terms of when and where we should use them. In today’s story, we are going to discuss the use of rhotic accent under some circumstances. Hope you enjoy the story.

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In China, when we are ready to pay the bill in a restaurant, we often ask the waiter or waitress for the bill by saying:” mǎi dān”. In today’s story, we are going to look at what had happened to a guy who has just started a new job and went out with his boss for lunch. Hope you enjoy the story.

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the only novel based on real historical events among the four great classical works of China. Since it was published, there have always been conflicts regarding to the proportion between fiction and non-fiction. Critics say it confuse people with real history and what was written in the novel. However, it doesn’t affect the influences it had on Chinese people. In today’s story, we are going to take a look of why this novel has been so influential to Chinese people. 

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