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Two Little Boys Arguing About the Sun

Author: Lie Zi; Translator: Adam Lam

2 min readDec 18, 2023

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Two Little Boys Arguing About the Sun

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Jian Xu

Forbidden City in the Snow

Gorgeous view to bring you festival atmosphere for Christmas and New Year

2 min readDec 14, 2023

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Forbidden City in the Snow

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Jian Xu

An Idyllic Land of Peach-Blossom Spring

Amid the Taiyuan era of Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a fisherman, a native of Wuling. He rowed his boat along a brook, not mindful of how…

4 min readDec 12, 2023

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An Idyllic Land of Peach-Blossom Spring

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Jian Xu

It’s Never Too Late to Learn to Use Chopsticks

Change, no matter how late, is never too late.

4 min readNov 21, 2023

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It’s Never Too Late to Learn to Use Chopsticks

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Jian Xu

Wearing masks on the Beijing subway is no longer compulsory

Wearing masks on the Beijing subway is no longer compulsory. It seems that all the slogans in the subway about wearing masks have been…

1 min readJun 16, 2023

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Wearing masks on the Beijing subway is no longer compulsory

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Jian Xu

My 8-year-old son likes to take subway in Beijing.

Took the two kids to the Shichahai Lake for an afternoon of fun. On a weekend afternoon, this scenic spot was naturally crowded with…

2 min readJun 15, 2023

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My 8-year-old son likes to take subway in Beijing.

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Jian Xu

Cartoon boats now operating at the Tuanjiehu Lake

This month, in my monthly intellectual property update newsletter, I mentioned that I saw the long-lost cartoon cruise ship in Tuanjiehu…

2 min readJun 14, 2023

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Cartoon boats now operating at the Tuanjiehu Lake

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Jian Xu

Red brick old residential buildings in Beijing in the 1970s and 1980s

For the past two or three weekends, whenever I had time, I would gather my old photos, diaries, and random notes, sort them by time, and…

2 min readJun 13, 2023

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Red brick old residential buildings in Beijing in the 1970s and 1980s

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Jian Xu

Found a lovely bird nest at the Liangma river in Beijing

During the morning rush hour today, there was a malfunction on Line 10 of the Beijing subway. The train only made it to Nongzhanguan…

3 min readJun 12, 2023

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Found a lovely bird nest at the Liangma river in Beijing

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Jian Xu

Return of Cartoon Boats to the Tuanjiehu Park

As spring approaches, the lake water ripples, and the boats in Tuanjiehu Park are also preparing to set sail. Throughout the entire period…

2 min readApr 22, 2023

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Return of Cartoon Boats to the Tuanjiehu Park

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Jian Xu

Jian Xu

China attorney passionate in sharing quotes, poems, prose, and passages from classical Chinese literature | My newsletter: https://chinathree.substack.com/

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