Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis and African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus roost at night in my garden (North Italy), here in the cold of the rime and the fog.

Do Chinese Citizens Conceal Opposition to the CCP in Surveys? Evidence from Two Experiments - Volume 259

In this reference video, noodle master Fan Jimei (樊吉梅) from Ding Le Noodle School in Lanzhou demonstrates how to make hand-pulled noodles from start to finish. The recipe is simple (and given in the video) but the process of repeatedly kneading and tearing the dough, while adding an alkaline water (in China, it's "penghui", made from refined plant ash), takes experience to get the dough texture correct.

This video shows the exact process that Fan demonstrates to hundreds of students a year, who then go out across China and into Lanzhou-style noodle shops.

Shanghai district of Jiading, located miles away from Old Shanghai in what used to be faraway farm land, is an unlikely visit for an Old Shanghai lover. However, it is worth the trip, showing interesting pieces of old automotive and documents about Shanghai history and its relationship with cars. Old Shanghai was a super modern … Continue reading Shanghai Auto museum

My book Plucking the winds (2004), a detailed historical ethnography of Gaoluo village on the plain south of Beijing, includes many black-and-white photos and an audio CD. But the village’s r…

Not one cuisine, not eight, but many more. Our best shot at a comprehensive-ish guide.

Au Centre culturel de Chine, 1 Bd de la Tour-Maubourg, 75007 Paris. Vernissage le 20 novembre 2024 à partir de 16h. Exposition organisée par Feng Yu, petit-fils de l’artiste, où sont présentés 50 manhuas...

Dimanche soir 17 novembre 2024, 6ème dimanche après l'Epiphanie transféré (cf. > ici). ...