Thematic Stories

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• Encouraging employees
  An employee at a small company feels overwhelmed by work pressure, receives encouragement from a colleague, regains confidence, and is praised by her boss for… Read more: Encouraging employees
• 公园里的周末 (A Weekend in the Park)
  Xiaohua invites Mingming to the park for the weekend — even though Mingming doesn’t like table tennis, the lively chess players and dancers, plus a… Read more: 公园里的周末 (A Weekend in the Park)
• 太多厨师 (Too Many Cooks) Specialty dishes
  Coworkers try to cook their specialty dishes together in a small office kitchen for a company potluck, but chaos ensues until they learn to take… Read more: 太多厨师 (Too Many Cooks) Specialty dishes
• microwave cooking
  Mark, a foreigner apartment-hunting in Shanghai with his friend Xiaoli, is surprised to discover that Chinese kitchens rarely have ovens and decides to buy his… Read more: microwave cooking
• veggies from the store
  A wife calls her husband on his way home from work to plan dinner, and sends him to the vegetable market to buy peppers, greens,… Read more: veggies from the store
• Dinner party
  A family prepares a dinner party for six of the husband’s coworkers, working with their housekeeper to plan a menu of eight dishes and a… Read more: Dinner party
• Shanghai Cuisine
  Dawei, a young man who loves to cook, reads about famous Shanghai chefs and decides to move to Shanghai next year to master the art… Read more: Shanghai Cuisine
• hungry traveler visits Northeast China
  A hungry traveler visits Northeast China in winter and orders Dongbei dumplings and braised bone soup at a local restaurant, discovering the region’s famously warming… Read more: hungry traveler visits Northeast China
• Skilled at cooking
  A skilled home cook named Xiaomei teaches her friend Xiaowang to cook after he asks if she can cook, and they end up cooking together… Read more: Skilled at cooking
• Kung Pao Chicken
  Someone learns to cook Kung Pao chicken at home after watching an online video, and discovers that a new dish is not as hard to… Read more: Kung Pao Chicken