My holiday season has been nice and quiet, allowing me to plow through a few novels and memoirs since my kids went on break 10 days ago. One memoir I recently finished was Ma Thanegi's Defiled on the Ayeyarwaddy (ThingsAsian Press, 2010).The title refers to the defiles … [Read more...]
Black Christmas: the 70th anniversary of the Fall of Hong Kong
Christmas in Hong Kong meant something else this year: the 70th anniversary of the fall of Hong Kong, otherwise known as Black Christmas.Fighting broke out on December 8, 1941 and ended with British Hong Kong surrendering to the Japanese on Christmas Day 70 years ago--in the … [Read more...]
Chinese Christmas
Stuart Beaton writes about Christmas and China and how people celebrate--and what exactly it is that they're celebrating. (Check out Stuart's podcasts at http://rastous.podomatic.com/). Without further adieu, here's Stu:China may be a “Country of Godless heathens”, but they … [Read more...]
Ruffled on Christmas Eve
Stuart Beaton, our man in Tianjin, writes about dining in high style on Christmas Eve in China. (You can check out Stuart's fabulous podcasts at http://rastous.podomatic.com/). Here's Stu:The name Raffles conjures up images of tropical Singapore, high teas, and gin slings … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Apologies Forthcoming: Stories Not About Mao
I don't know what it is about the Cultural Revolution, but I'm somehow drawn to it, especially when it comes to literature.In my own writing, I've often explored the tolls it took on personal relationships. So last week I was quite excited to read Xujun Eberlein's collection … [Read more...]
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