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In this episode, Melissa Hyak meets with personalities with the gift of gab! She takes part in a cooking-cum-debate competition against some of the best Chinese debaters in the land—in Mandarin of course. Next, she attempts to stay focused during a table-tennis showdown while slugging it out at a Chinese word game at the same time. Melissa also meets the former president of the Kowloon Club, himself a well-known lawyer with an interest in collecting...
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The guanzi is said to be one of the toughest Chinese musical instruments to master. And Chinese ethnic dance is known to be one of the most elusive of performance art forms. This week, Melissa Hyak meets two shifu who teach her a thing or two about these hard-to-access Chinese arts.
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In this episode we challenge a Chinese scholar from Thailand to combine fashion and Chinese in a creative way. And art-restorer Zhang Yan learns the art of brewing a famous tea from her hometown, Hangzhou—a tea that has won praise from Emperor Qian Long, and even saved his empress’ life.
67) CPC Founding Day and Anniversary of the Return of Hong Kong: Video Culture Class - Chinese Holidays
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Learn more about Chinese culture! Ever wondered what the most important Chinese holidays are, and how they are celebrated? Then this 25-lesson video series is for you!
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In this last episode of Hooked on Huayu, Melissa is inspired by the teachings of Confucius. Her guest is Professor Koh Hock Kiat, Director of the Confucius Institute, who shows us how Confucius was not all about sage sayings. Together, they learn gongfu from martial arts world champion Vincent Ng and attempt to master a unique musical instrument: the hulu-si. Also catch Melissa and Professor Koh in a special skit written by Chinese playwright Lim...
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In this episode, Melissa Hyak meets Vanessa Shih, hailed as the most beautiful career diplomat from Taiwan. Melissa bravely takes Ms Shih on in a Chinese riddle competition during the Mid-Autumn Festival, with questions ranging from Song dynasty poems to local TV programs. How will Melissa fare against the former Taiwan government spokesperson in this challenge? The Representative of Taipei also invites Melissa to her home and prepares four seasonal...
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One scored 11 As—outdoing 38,000 students in Singapore to become the “zhuang yuan” in 2009’s O-level examinations. Another garnered 6 As, becoming the top student in the same year’s PSLE. Host Melissa Hyak bravely takes them on in a quiz with questions spanning Chinese history and geography—and of course language—to see if she can outsmart the smartest in the land!
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Melissa meets Kuniko Shimada, Singapore’s multi-talented Japanese TCM doctor who plays the er-hu, does Chinese ink painting, demonstrates Chinese tea-brewing, and doubles up as a taichi/qigong/TCM instructor! Fellow Japanese Yasui Akemi also wows Melissa with her baking, ikebana, and—of course—language skills.
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From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and What's the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel times—perfect for this political moment
What does a middle-class democracy look like when it comes apart? When, after forty years of economic triumph, America's winners persuade themselves that they owe nothing to the rest of the country?
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"The history of the American electorate is not a litany of flukes; instead it is a pattern of tectonic plate-grinding, punctuated by a landscape-altering earthquake every generation or so. Donald Trump's electoral coalition is smashing both American political parties and its previously impenetrable political news media.The political experts called the 2016 election wrong and in the wake of the 2016 election surprise, the experts have continued to...