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The First Lantern Festival – the legend of how the Lantern Festival began

The First Lantern Festival – the legend of how the Lantern Festival began
The First Lantern Festival: the legend of how the Lantern Festival began
The First Lantern Festival: the legend of how the Lantern Festival began

My new book, The First Lantern Festival is now available in both paperback and eBook format. Go check it out and read a few pages for free!

To help a servant girl see her family again, the famous Dongfang Shuo convinced everyone that the gods were coming to burn down the city! Even the emperor believed him.

Come discover the legend of how the Lantern Festival began over 2,000 years ago. Along the way, you may learn a few Chinese words and meet some interesting historical figures.

The book is super cute. I’m proud to share it with you. It’s the perfect way to teach your kids about the Lantern Festival, and learn some Chinese and history at the same time.

I’ll keep working to make the enchanting world of Chinese history and mythology more available to everyone! To learn more about me as an author and illustrator, go to LSamZhang.com.

China and the Olympics Dream

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Creative solutions to the Diablo 3 ban in China

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real cat cop – the cutest of cops

If you grew up in China, you might remember the kids show “Black Cat Police Sheriff” (黑猫警长).  I don’t remember too much about the show, other than all the kids loved it in kindergarten.  In […]

Rapid growth of the Chinese economy (dual language post)

中国依靠的廉价制造业高速发展30年,近5年,因为国内制造业发展疲软,大量的资金涌如房地产业,催生了地价,房价飞涨,腐败问题也因为政府的土地财政更加 恶化。今年,为了抑制房价继续飞涨,催生出更多的泡沫,中央进行了人为的价格抑制,并勒令央企退出房市,准备上市,接受市场经济的洗礼,伴随着今年国际板 在中国露面,从房市到股市的分流非常值得期待,也可以缓解一味的进行短期的价格抑制所带来的对房市和经济不利的影响。毕竟,在中国,钢需的市场巨大,即使 建起了廉租房,商品房的需求仍然很高。因为,我们还有一个巨大的消费群体没有挖掘—-农民。 For 30 years, China’s rapid growth has been fueled by cheap labor in manufacturing industry.  In the past 5 years, large amounts of capital have been swarming into the property market […]

GM unveils Baojun 630, first for new Chinese brand cars

GM has just unveiled it’s first vehicle as part of its new, Chinese-only Baojun brand (Baojun means “Treasured Horse”).  The Baojun 630 is Chevy Cruze-sized car offering a 108hp, 1.5L engine and an estimated 34 […]

China Outsourcing space program to the US?

Despite all the fear over China offering cheap products and manufacturing, a recent meeting between SpaceX and China Great Wall Industrial Corp. revealed that the American company can launch a payload into orbit cheaper.  A […]

“Made in China” just like 500 years ago

Although some seems to think that the “end on an era of ultra-cheap Chinese exports” is upon us, still pretty much everything you buy nowadays is stamped with the mark “Made in China”, at least […]