The author is a columnist and culture critic with China Daily
While a religious debate swirls around "The Da Vinci Code" as the movie premieres worldwide, another controversy surrounding another summer blockbuster has opened a can of worms in China, which may put in peril its fate in the market where the story is partly set.
Would you be surprised by some erratic behaviour of a rock 'n' roll star?
A highly educated young woman crossed a street in Shanghai where she was not supposed to and was stopped by the police. Several times she pushed back the cop who tried to slap her with a 50-yuan penalty for jaywalking.
I wonder if Bill Gates agonized over the dinner prepared at his residence for Chinese President Hu Jintao.
High school graduates in China live in constant anxiety. They have to sit through the fate-determining entrance exam, the result of which could more or less shape their future earning power and social status. But before that happens, they have to go through physical check-ups that require, for a brief moment, total nakedness.
Wednesday was Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, when people pay homage to their deceased family members.
Language clarifies, but when used rigidly, it often conceals and confounds.
In China, sexual politics tends to play out in operatic overindulgence. Posturing and scenery-chewing are the norm. Subtlety is not something to be appreciated.
Li Yinhe is a person of controversy. The strange thing is that her proposal to legalize homosexual marriage has been eclipsed by her demand to charge a fee for press interviews.
"Cats" is now being played out in China.
Hui Zi famously asked the ancient philosopher Zhuang Zi: "You are not a fish. How can you feel the joy of a fish?"
Let's face it: The popularity of short messaging in China has a dirty little secret. It's called "adult humour," more plainly known as sex jokes.
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