On the eve of the 31st of January, China’s largest domestic television broadcasting station, CCTV, aired their annual New Year’s Gala to an estimated 1.3 billion viewers across 170 countries. The very first performance of the night, a short comical act called a Xiaopin (小品), told the story of a young man and his wife returning home to visit his father.
Read MoreOne of the more remarkable things about working in China and with Chinese partners, is the speed and the kind of diligence with which things are done here. After all, the popular phrase “China Speed” (中国速度), while recently quite politicized, really doesn’t come from nowhere.
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