In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a series of guidelines on disease naming. They included useful practices to summarize symptoms and reduce fear. They also explicitly mentioned that diseases must not be named after locations, people, animals, or cultures. This was all done in an effort to reduce the stigma and insult related…
Dim Sum is the Chinese version of Sunday brunch: served anytime from mid-morning to late afternoon, with various bite-sized portions of food served in small bamboo steamer baskets and lots of tea. It’s a lazy, long meal. Most dishes are very light in flavour, portions are small, and each plate is shared by the whole…
(Original Image) “A different language is a different vision of life.” – Federico Fellini I am multilingual. Growing up here in Canada, I learned English as well as my parents’ native language of Chinese. Through my own choice, I took French as a Second Language courses throughout school, having just finished FSL 31 IB this year.…
2010 Nobel Peace Prize nominee David Kilgour and award-winning author and China analyst Ethan Gutmann appeared together in the Downtown Central Library Oct. 29, to host a live forum and lecture about the alleged forced organ harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party against minority and religious groups in China. One group in particular are the Falun Gong,…
We Calgarians don’t experience much of what the autumn season has to offer (mostly because autumn lasted for three days), but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make the best of it. As a Chinese Immigrant, The one event that I look forward to when the leaves begin to fall is the Mid-Autumn Festival.…
It’s almost Chinese New Year! This special Chinese holiday occurs on the first of every year in accordance to the lunar calender. This year, it happens to fall on Jan. 31 on our traditional calender. It is a festive celebration that involves meeting up with friends and relatives, lots of music, and cultural spirit. Of…
A few weeks ago, I came across a news article that spoke volumes about society nowadays. According to Maclean’s On Campus, increasing numbers of Chinese women are going under the needle, putting China in 3rd place (behind USA and Brazil), for the highest amount of cosmetic procedures performed annually. The most popular operations are “eyelid…
“‘The quake zone urgently needs tents, quilt, instant food, drinking water and medical goods,” the charity posted to Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. “Please try your best to donate cash.” In response, hundreds of thousands of people quickly posted emoticons giving the government-run charity a literal thumbs-down.’ – BBC News Why would Chinese people do…
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For Western countries, it may seem strange to celebrate the New Year weeks after January 1st. For Chinese people, it’s a wonderful, joyous time, in which friends and family finally spend time together after a year’s hard work. The Lunar New Year represents a time to celebrate life, happiness, and wealth. There’s a story that…
We’ve all been there: you do a math test, you’re feeling really confident, and then you get the test back, and you’ve got one question wrong! After you look to see what happened, you say “Oh, I see what I did wrong!” Somewhere, you’ve made a (as my dad labels it) “careless mistake” in either…
After finishing my Chemistry IB exam way back in May, our class of 11 Chemistry geeks had the opportunity to learn a bunch of games. It was our little relaxation period after a stressful review period of Chemistry, and boy did we love it. During this period, we played a bunch of games–one in particular…
Ways to say “I love you”: English – I love you Korean – 사랑해 Japanese – あいしてる German – Ich liebe dich Franch – Je t’aime. Filipino – Mahal kita Swedish – Jag alskar dig Arabic – أحبك Rumanian -Te iubesc. Russian –Я Люблю Вас Italian -Ti amo. Portuguese -Gosto muito de te Hungarian – Szeretlek Spanish – Te Quiero…
Like many graduating high-schoolers, I will be applying for post-secondary education this year. In fact, compared to some of my colleagues, I am already one of the late ones to apply. This rush to grab available spots in universities is perhaps why one of the newest articles in Maclean’s magazine has caught my eye. The…
A moon cake is a traditional dessert that the Chinese will serve during a mid-autumn festival. Here is a recipe for anyone who is interested in making a traditional moon cake. Filling of the moon cake can be changed to anything depend on personal taste. The one I like is red bean paste. Materials: Pastry…