In flashy new talent contest "The Rap of China," participants vie for golden chains that spell "R!CH," but the show itself has received mixed reviews and even two "diss tracks." Why is that? Will hip hop music become more mainstream in China?RT要搬家喽！从7月开始，Round Table将在㊭鵝fм上回放我们的节目，主播名称是“China Plus”。赫扬、Ryan和牛牛都在那里等你哦！

Social media platforms such as Wechat have become a primary source for us to receive news. And now, parents are also raising and rearing kids following orders by some Wechat public accounts. A mother from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, refused to take her 1-year-old daughter to hospital after the baby caught a severe fever, simply because a Wechat public account said people should let the children recover by themselves. Why do parents listen to what those accounts say? Are there any government...

The recent high-profile arson case in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, shocked many people in China. A nanny allegedly murdered a mother and her 3 children by setting a luxury apartment on fire, has once again highlighted China's chaotic domestic worker market.

This June marks the 20th anniversary of J.K. Rowling’s "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone," the first in a series of one of the most beloved stories of the modern era that spawned the wildly popular film franchise, a play, and multiple theme parks. Harry Potter Turns 20~!

China’s mobile game sector is seeing considerable growth as online games become more and more popular among smartphone users. According to a new report from data tracker App Annie, Chinese companies are behind nine of the ten most lucrative mobile games in the Apple app store globally in terms of gaming revenue in May, a first-time dominance of the global gaming industry.

A video showing the knife skills of a Michelin star chef has become the subject of mockery and ridicule. As Chinese internet users claim their moms can easily beat the chef in a slicing and dicing competition. What qualifies a top chef?

The National Meteorological Center has issued a yellow alert for rainstorms in Beijing. The larger area in north China is also experiencing rainstorm or thunderstorm today. Whenever a severe rainstorm strikes, it puts city management to test. Would big cities like Beijing be ok during this summer?

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According to a report on Civil Pilots in China, most pilots with a private aircraft driving license were born in the 1990s. Instead of having it as a hobby, most of them hope to make a living with this skill. Let's look into the making of pilots of private jets.

A video showing legions of elderly people power-walking at the middle of the street in the coastal city of Qingdao has gone viral. One would have thought the middle of the street is for vehicles to go through. Why would the elderly occupy the middle of the street?

The classic Japanese TV series “Shinya Shokudo,” or “Midnight Diner,” debuted its Chinese version this week. Unfortunately, the series has been deemed as an epic fail in the history of Chinese adaptation of foreign TV shows. According to Douban, China’s most cited entertainment rating website, it has received the lowest-ever viewer score for a television series this year. Why is the reception for the Chinese version so bad?

June the sixteenth marks the season finale of China's most popular online debate show Qi Pa Shuo (aka You Can, You Bibi), which brings together a group of diverse and vocal Chinese people. That includes Ma Jianyue, one of the thirty members of an all-girls idol group, who claimed that Qi Pa Shuo is her ONLY job opportunity for the entire year. Is the multiple member idol group still a star incubator in show biz?

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Can you spell "sauerkraut" without looking? How about "Chihuahua," or perhaps "pneumonia?" If spelling those words trips you up, don't worry — you're not alone.Google released a map of the words residents of each state in the US tend to have the hardest time spelling. The project is in honor of the National Spelling Bee in May.

Recently, two graduation speeches given by Chinese students at US universities have received polar reactions from Chinese netizens. What makes a good commencement speech?

China is the biggest consumer of beer in the world, but during the last three years, Chinese people are drinking less beer, why is that?

In Chinese classrooms, the good student who always does well in exams claims all glory. The bad student who performs poorly in exams often feels like a social pariah. But is it possible after graduation, the bad student becomes the winner in life. And what the good student achieves in life? It pales in comparison.Who would be more successful in the later life, the good student or the bad student?

Today, 9.4 million Chinese high school students are sitting the country’s grueling two-day college entrance examination, also known as the Gaokao. It was the Chinese Literature exam for most of the places across the country this morning. The students are probably taking lunch or having a nap for a rest now. This year also marks the 40 years of anniversary of the Gaokao since it was resumed in 1977.

Are you a veteran in your company and just feel like coasting through your working hours? Some people think it's easy being a slacker at work, only doing whatever the boss asks, but never anything more. But another perspective would say, being a slacker, is a waste of one's life.

A college in south China is implementing strict measures to stop cheating in exams. The most controversial being: without a teacher supervising the exam, if one student is caught cheating, the marks of all the students in the class will be invalid. So, everyone’s punished for one person’s mistake? Is that reasonable?

In our weekly segment called "RoundTable's Happy Place", we'll share what's made us happy this week.

A video showing primary school students crying after listening to a speech on gratitude education goes viral. Some criticize the so-called gratitude education as a form brain wash. What is gratitude education? Do you agree? Should it be part of education?

A woman living in Wuhan, Hubei Province has been asked by her father to sponsor 100 thousand Yuan so that her little brother can buy an apartment. The father said it’s the big sister’s responsibility to financially assistant the little brother. It must be done.Is it blatant favoritism towards the son? When do you stop supporting a sibling?

The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese lunar calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating Zong Zi (glutinous rice wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon boats. As we are celebrating the traditional festival today in China, let's talk about all the interesting things about this holiday.