In the spirit of the last days of the December shopping frenzy, I thought I'd blog about one of my favorite pastimes: shopping in Hong Kong!People have said its heyday as a shopper's paradise is long gone, but I disagree. Prices might not be super inexpensive anymore, but … [Read more...]
Good Chinese Wife will be translated into Italian!
Last week I learned that the Italian publisher Newton Compton has bought the rights to translate Good Chinese Wife into Italian!This is my first foreign rights deal and I am beyond excited about it. I assume the publisher will create their own cover to appeal to the … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Here's another photo from my walk through Kowloon City and the area where Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport used to stand.It's funny how I used to walk through this park quite often in my 20s, but never stopped to appreciate it back then. I guess I was always in a hurry, either … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I got these Chinese opera combs last month when I was in Shanghai. It was my first full day back in Shanghai as well as the first day of the World Congress on Art Deco. Just before noon, my mom, friend Mary, and I had to duck out before the last lecture of the morning was … [Read more...]
Qipao shopping in Shanghai
When I lived in Hong Kong and traveled often to China, I had a few pieces of clothing custom-made, but never a qipao. The closest I've come to having a qipao tailor-made is from an online store in Nanjing.But there's something about going to a tailor, getting measured, … [Read more...]
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