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Category Archives: China in the media
Although we’re no longer living in Sichuan we still crave the spice that is the namesake of this blog. So you can probably imagine our delight at the fact that its has recently been featured in the Huffington Post! If only Bangkok had a good chuancai restaurant to hit up for dinner tonight…I miss the ma la!
Dear Mr. Sedaris, It’s Chicken Feet. Get it Straight.
David Sedaris, author, essayist, humorist and satirist extraordinaire used to be cool in my books. I enjoy listening to him on “This American Life” and often found myself doubled over in laughter during his bits, I enjoyed his book Me Talk Pretty One … Continue reading
Posted in Ashley, Chengdu, China in the media, Food
Tagged Chengdu, China, chuancai, food saftey, Sedaris
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Hong Kong: No Change?
Me, a freshly minted expat at Hong Kong Victoria Harbour, 2006 This past week I did a bit of traveling. I head back to Hong Kong for some retail therapy and catching up with some good friends. I hit a … Continue reading
Factory Girls – A China Book Review
Image Source Here It’s been raining a lot in Chengdu. A lot. Which isn’t necessarily conducive towards my goal of learning how to ride a push bike around a traffic-clogged Chinese city this summer. It is however perfect reading weather. … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Factory Girls, Leslie T. Chang, migrant workers, rural-urban migration
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When a Billion Chinese Jump – A China Book Review
“Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” - Napoleon Image source here We got a kindle for Christmas (thanks Mom!) and while Phil and I earnestly wax philosophical about how we will never abandon the … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, environment, Jonathan Watts, kindle
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China Takes On the Colbert Report
Well, not China as a whole. But Evan Osnos of the New Yorker takes Stephen Colbert to task and fares pretty well. I frequently engage in Osnos’ blog “Letters from China” and was interested to see him straddle the fine … Continue reading
In case you didn’t believe us…
Image source here A more reputable source for news and information published a story about Chinese New Year and fireworks today. So if you have a hankering for more information on the consequences of “blowing stuff up” click here. And, … Continue reading
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Tagged blowing stuff up, Chinese New Year, fireworks
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Chinese New Year Chengdu – Part III: Travel
Image Source Here It’s a pretty daunting idea that a good part of 1.3 billion people will travel somewhere to visit some part of their family during this week. Travel is a huge part of Chinese New Year and it … Continue reading
Posted in Ashley, China in the media, Holidays and Celebrations
Tagged Chinese New Year, train travel, Travel
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Watching China in the US
Image source here In watching and reading news coverage about Hu Jintao’s visit to the US this week I had a strange feeling similar to when you take your boyfriend to meet your closest male childhood friend for the first … Continue reading
Life in a UNESCO Gastronomical City
For being a food/travel/life-in-Chengdu blog, we don’t write about Chinese food that often. Have we become jaded? Disinterested in the bouquet of flavors that are the very namesake of this blog? Probably. Life is hard when you live in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Sichuan food, UNESCO gastronomical site
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