Dōngběi (东北) is a Chinese land situated in the northeast of the country and it corresponds to the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang. It also confines with three nations: Russia, Korea and Mongolia. This area was known by the Europeans as Manchuria since it was the homeland of Read more…
Global e-commerce is expected to reach $6.5 trillion in sales by 2024 and Jingdong mall, better known as JD.com, is one of the top six e-commerce players in the world showing a strong growth outlook, according to Activate Tech and Media Outlook’s forecast. JD.com‘s growth is the result of a Read more…
Origin & introduction to the Chinese Martial Arts The art of swordplay, attributed to the training of soldiers, was developed in the Pre-Qin period. In the Han Dynasty, a competitive game resembling boxing was prevalent in society. Meanwhile, iron weapons were invented and used under the guidelines of fixed rules. Read more…
The EV industry is growing, and, with it, many companies are emerging. Among them, prominent is NIO: a pioneer in China’s premium electric vehicle market. Since 2014, NIO has been designing, manufacturing, and selling vehicles, constantly updating them with next-generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence. NIO’s Chinese Read more…
Date: everything depends on the moon Since it is determined by the Lunar calendar, the date of the Chinese New Year changes each year, but it has always fallen between January 21 and February 20. In 2021, for instance, the Year of the Ox will start on February 12. The Read more…
On Monday 30th November 2020, Bocconi Chinese Student Association in collaboration with Bocconi Students FinTech Society, and VGen Mi Bocconi Students Innovation Hub organized the first online event involving the whole Bocconi community. The Online China-Talk regarded the current development and the future outlooks of FinTech in Europe and Asia. Read more…
The biggest trade bloc in history The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a free-trade agreement between the Asia-Pacific nations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. After eight years of negotiating efforts, the RCEP was signed at Read more…
The cold season is coming, this means only one thing: it’s hot pot time! Hot pot (火锅, huŏguō) is a traditional Chinese dish, where a big communal pot filled with simmering broth is served at the center of the table, accompanied with dipping sauces, and a variety of raw ingredients, Read more…
Chinese writing is one of the oldest and most used in the world, and it is also one of the most fascinating. The first form of Chinese characters was found in the site of Banpo. Chinese handwriting was originally pictographic, that means words, phrases or ideas were represented by a Read more…
Sugar figurine is a typical Chinese dessert which has become popular more than six hundred years ago. Making sugar figurine is a traditional Chinese craftsmanship: all the craftsmen pick a box which contains the heating stove, the sugar and tools. The sugar is made of sucrose and maltose and they Read more…