I recently came across some photos from 1995 China I didn't know existed. My grandma gave me a large box of photos to look through and I found these.In the summer of 1995, my parents flew to China to attend my wedding in Hubei province. They flew into Shanghai, where we … [Read more...]
The Indian dress
When I was in Hong Kong recently, one of my missions was to have a dress and coat tailored from a sari my mom bought me in India earlier this year. I blog about it here and, due to the cost, ended up with a skirt and a dress.My inspiration for this mission was my mom. In … [Read more...]
Book the week–How to Hong Kong
It always seems like I end one year and start a new one reading books published by Blacksmith Books in Hong Kong. Today as I waited for my kids at Sunday School and stayed indoors as the snow blanketed Chicago, I sat down with Lena Sin and Nicholas Tay's How to Hong Kong: An … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Hong Kong: An Appointment with China
Hong Kong has never been more at a crossroads with One Country, Two Systems than it is now. So to understand more, I recently delved back into the past with Steve Tsang's 1997 narrative, Hong Kong: An Appointment With China (I. B. Tauris, 1997).On a personal level, I never … [Read more...]
Paperback sale!
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday just around the corner, I'm excited to offer a special discount on the paperback edition of Good Chinese Wife! If you live in the US, I can offer it for $5 a copy including shipping.If you're overseas and are interested, please contact me at … [Read more...]
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