During our latest trip to the beautiful island of Gulangyu / 鼓浪屿 also called Kulangsu, in Xiamen / 厦门, I realized that my first trip there was exactly 20 years before. Things have changed on the island, but I still love going there. My first ever trip to Gulangyu was in the first days of … Continue reading 20 years of Gulangyu

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.