Un proverbe chinois dit "Pour le bien être, rien ne vaut d’être allongé et pour la bonne chère, rien ne vaut un jiaozi". Ce Jiaozi, 饺子, le ravioli chinois, est le mets incontournable de toutes les tables chinoises lors du nouvel an. Originaire du nord...

📁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…

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