STREET TALK

Mastering the Art of Livestreaming Sales

As China’s e-commerce industry reaches the crescendo of its annual Singles Day festival buying frenzy, livestreamers are battling it out to squeeze cash from an increasingly reticent consumer base

SOCIAL CHINESE

How to Navigate the Jargon of a Chinese Job Interview

Learn to decipher the opaque language of interviewers and use wordplay to land a dream job

SOCIAL CHINESE

Talk Like the Client Knows Best

The secret to business success in China may be to bombard clients with courtesy, politeness, and rose emojis

LANGUAGE, TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Talking to Strangers

What do you call your delivery driver? How about a customer?

SOCIAL CHINESE

Big Words

How to understand “officialese”

SOCIAL CHINESE

How to Talk Like a Maoist General

How to rule the boardroom with revolutionary rhetoric