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https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-01-15/no-one-wants-your-used-clothes-anymore A once-virtuous cycle is breaking down. What now? For decades, the donation bin has offered consumers in rich countries a guilt-free way to unload their old clothing. In a…
Before there was politics, there was sex and love, games and sports, spirituality and art, glory and honor. As civilization became increasingly complex, governments were instituted to protect this primordial…
巴蜀风物志2小时前看到这个标题，你可能会怀疑人生：平时对四川话的印象，说好听点叫“接地气”，不好听就叫“土”、“俗”，居然还能和古代典籍挂上钩？ 其实，有这种印象，很大程度上是因为对四川话了解不够。虽然我们天天都在说四川话，但对于一些司空见惯的词语、用法，却未必能够刨根问底、追本溯源，所以也不知道很多四川人口中的“土话”，居然都来自古代典籍。 不信？下面我就举几个出自古代典籍的四川话常用词作为例子：
Theodore DALRYMPLE The selfie is perhaps the defining cultural artifact of our time. Me and the Mona Lisa, Me and the Pyramids, Me and the Colosseum, with the emphasis on…
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006044/the-life%2C-death%2C-and-potential-rebirth-of-chinas-taitai-housewives A popular “Nothing but Thirty” character has renewed debate on the merits of housewifery, but the “taitai” lifestyle was only ever open to a select few. Late last month,…
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006089/life-on-the-slow-train-views-of-a-vanishing-china Qian Haifeng has spent years documenting the decline of China’s “green trains” — the Mao-era rail network that remains a vital lifeline for millions of blue-collar workers. The train…