📁RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Lauren Walden, Surrealism from Paris to Shanghai, Hong Kong University Press, 2024. 152 pgs. In Surrealism from Paris to Shangha…

Nous vous indiquons comment installer un oisillon recueilli dans un endroit confortable et adapté afin qu'il se repose et reprenne des forces avant éventuellement de pouvoir le relâcher.

As a lover of crime novels and Old Shanghai, I am always interested in crime novels taking place in Old Shanghai. New book “City of lost souls” by Martin Petersen just fits the bill perfectly. 1930s and 40s crime novels are often called “Film noir” (black movies in French) when they are made in a … Continue reading City of lost souls

Liu Yuan, who died of cancer in December, helped reintroduce jazz to the Chinese mainland.

This video was made possible with the support of Shanxi Xing Hua Cun and the Kempinski Hotel Taiyuan. I took three outstanding Italian chefs, all based in As...

Xiamen heritage is often linked to the island of Gulangyu about which I have written several posts. There is much more to it as Xiamen had 2 concessions. The original concession was the port of Amoy (English transcription close to the local dialect) / 厦门. It became part of the 5 first treaty port from … Continue reading Xiamen, the South East Asia connection

La bouillie de sésame noir est à l’origine un plat cantonais, connu en chinois sous le nom de « hēizhīmá hú » (黑芝麻糊).Les ingrédients de ce dessert sont des plus simples : graines de sésame noir, fa…