On July 22, at 9am, Texas Tribune reported that China’s Houston consulate was ordered to close in 72 hours. Next thing we knew was fire trucks surrounded…
truth is stranger than fiction
On July 22, at 9am, Texas Tribune reported that China’s Houston consulate was ordered to close in 72 hours. Next thing we knew was fire trucks surrounded…
There’s been a lot of media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic since it began in the winter saying that many Chinese are stuck and unable…
Cement tiles from Chee Hsin Pottery: QX #1074 square. The photos are taken from President Yuan Shikai‘s former residence in Tianjin, by judge, Mr. Zhou…
Saturday, July 18, 2020, Hefei and Lujiang faced record rain fall in 70-80 years, oddly, the article didn’t state the actual figures. Many people are trapped…
Flood in China: water over Wanshan Bridge 万善桥 on Yaodu River 尧渡河 in Dongzhi County, Anhui province. .. The Wanshan Bridge was built by Zhou Xuexi in…
Was Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) the first man to bring soybeans to U.S. and was Henry Ford’s $39,000 soybean suit the costiest? Beancurd, or tofu (doufu 豆腐)…
When USS Hornet is mentioned, most people think about the Dolittle Raid of Tokyo in 1942 by USS Hornet. But there was an earlier USS…
The covid-19 pandemic is still spreading, I thought about Michael Lewis’ 2016 book, The Undoing Project, where he included the Asian disease problem: say, there…
The Russian embassy in Beijing posted this message on their Weibo today, celebrating 160 years anniversary of Vladivostok. Here is the 8:10 min video. My first…
Lao Gan Ma (old godmother) chilli sauce is very popular, inside and outside of China, and for a while it was in my refrigerator too.…