When my friend Raymond told me about Song of the Azalea: Memoir of a Chinese Son by Kenneth Ore and Joann Yu (Penguin Canada, 2005), I went online and bought it without thinking twice.He wasn't joking when he said it was a powerful story. I found it to be one of the best … [Read more...]
Chinese paper cuts
Several posts ago I heralded Pierce Brosnan and Connaught Centre for sparking my interest in Hong Kong during my teenage years. In subsequent discussions on Facebook, I was reminded that a branch of the Welfare Handicrafts shop was housed in the basement of Connaught … [Read more...]
Postcard from Nanjing, 1988
Years ago my paternal grandmother told me I should be a writer. Maybe it was her way of encouraging me to continue writing postcards from my travels and letters from college and grad school.My only grandparent born outside the US, Grandma Blumberg came to the US from … [Read more...]
Jewish Shanghai
When I first went to China 22 years ago, I stayed at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music for several days. Many foreign travelers stayed in their international student hostel back then.A few weeks ago I found a link about Jewish Shanghai on an Asian Jewish Life tweet and … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Wild Ginger by Anchee Min
Last month my college friend Dina heard Anchee Min speak in New York. When she raved about Min's lecture, I thought back to how much I loved reading Red Azalea (Pantheon, 1994), Katherine (Berkley Trade, 2001), and Becoming Madame Mao (Mariner, 2001).So I decided to pick up … [Read more...]
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