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Topic 1-Hutong Gentrification: Modernization¹ over Preservation²

 

Over the last decade, Beijing's hutong gentrification has transformed residential³ slums into boulevards and skyscrapers⁴. This process is of urban renewal⁵ always comes with one side effect of soaring housing and living expense. New gentrifiers move in, old residents priced out.

 

Is gentrification an inevitable⁶ move for Beijing and so many cities around the world?

 

Topic 2-Parents Wait in Line All Night to Get Their Kids Enrolled⁷ in Kindergarten

 

Parents in the city of Hefei have been seen lining⁸ up for over 24 hours in order to get their kids enrolled into a kindergarten. Many parents across the country have going through this exhausting waiting process.

 

Why is it so hard to get your kid in a kindergarten? What went wrong with kindergarten education in China?

 

Topic 3-Strange Behaviors of Chinese and Asian

 

See if your answer is yes to the following questions: do you store your pans and pots in the oven? Do you put your sewing equipment into a biscuit container? Apparently⁹, it's only Chinese people who do it. Here are several things we do that shock Western people. Let's check them out!             

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