This Saturday I'm going to a Chinese New Year banquet, one I attend each year with friends from Hong Kong and China. Lots of good food and catching up, all in the comforts of my friends' beautiful suburban home. The American Dream.But that wasn't always the case with Chinese … [Read more...]
A Café Cultural Revolution
Stuart Beaton's latest guest blog hits home. I never became a coffee drinker precisely because of the huge Nescafe presence in China. When I needed to warm up, my choices in China were hot water, tea, or Nescafe. I quickly learned to become a tea drinker, although I was known to … [Read more...]
Reading in the Year of the Dragon
In two and a half weeks, we'll be leaving the Year of the Rabbit for the Year of the Dragon. And to usher in the new year and its mighty dragon, here's a short list of dragon-inspired books for kids and adults.One of my kids' favorite new acquisitions is this fun picture book … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Hungry Ghosts
One of the most remarkable things about the famine which occurred in China between 1958 and 1962 was that for over twenty years, no one was sure whether it had even taken place.So begins Jasper Becker's Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine (The Free Press, 1996), the first … [Read more...]
All the Tea in China
I'm so excited to feature guest blogger Stuart Beaton's fabulous post about the tea culture in China. I learned to drink tea in China, first as a survival tactic during my initial experience with a Chinese winter (Nanjing, 1991), and then as a true connoisseur. Stu's podcasts can … [Read more...]
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