Everyday China
The habits and costs of daily life here, sorted into what has been measured and what is only habit.
- Baduanjin in twelve minutes, movement by movement Life in China·2026-10-09 ·14 min read
A step-by-step walk through the eight-section brocade — a timeline table, what each movement asks of the body, the mistakes the official correction sheet lists, and the signals that mean stop.
- Fifty Chinese radicals, ranked by frequency Life in China·2026-10-09 ·13 min read
I counted how many of the 1,000 and 3,000 most common Chinese characters sit under each of the 214 Kangxi radicals, and wrote down every rule the count depends on.
- What groceries cost in China, channel by channel Life in China·2026-10-09 ·10 min read
Early market, wet market, neighbourhood shop, warehouse club, delivery app. Unit prices by category where a public source exists, plus three monthly baskets and the assumptions behind them.
- 回国与出国：两张官方手续索引 海外华人·2026-10-09 ·11 min read
回国收尾和出国准备各一张清单，每行只给官方入口、关键材料、链接和我核对的日期。附 2026 年 9 月 15 日新规带来的变化。
- Why fast is the default in China Life in China·2026-10-09 ·9 min read
High-speed rail and half-hour delivery read as temperament. They are density, labour, a standard address, state capital, and a promised time written into an algorithm.
- Why Chinese people drink hot water, per the record Life in China·2026-10-09 ·10 min read
The history side of the habit — tea, fuel, bacteriology and slow plumbing — with a date and a link on every number, and a list of what I could not verify.