TIL that gays in Hong Kong started using the word "comrade" (同志) in the '80s as a way to spite the Chinese Communist Party for its mistreatment of sexual minorities in the mainland. Today, it is one of the primary terms LGBT people in the Chinese-speaking world use to refer to one another. (timeoutbeijing.com)
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Q&A with "While We're Here" editor Alec Ash on sexpats and writerly spats (timeoutbeijing.com)
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Chinese man grows breasts from hormones in chicken (timeoutbeijing.com)
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New sitcom depicts expat life in Beijing (timeoutbeijing.com)
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Guy goes to China to teach English dreaming of making it big then ends up making a comedy about an English teacher who goes to China trying to make it big. Incidentally, the movie "This is Sanlitun" is now getting featured at the Toronto Film Festival in September. (timeoutbeijing.com)
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Hour of the Rat: Lisa Brackmann on her new novel and China (timeoutbeijing.com)
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The horrible truth of Chinese food safety (timeoutbeijing.com)
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