Japan has a worldwide reputation for its efficiency. For years, they built their economy on taking foreign products and making them better than the original inventors had. Whether it is cameras, computers, or automobiles, Japan simply makes quality stuff. Let’s take another product and add it to the...
Yao Ming and Zhou Jie Lun may be the top advertising personalities in the Middle Kingdom in 2008, but will their images still grace the face of Chinese products 2500 years from now?
Yao and Zhou are hot items now, but only time will tell if they have the long-lasting star power of the [......
Jinan is a non-descript, crowded, polluted, grey Northern Chinese capital city. It’s the capital of Shandong province, but nobody goes there for tourism. However, under all the grey and dust, Jinan contains one of my now all-time favorite spots in the Middle Kingdom.
As I was wandering around downtown...
Yesterday my friend Joe and I wanted to see some live Olympic action. Tickets have long been sold out, and the only way to acquire them is to buy them off of the second hand market. We had been told by Chinese friends that scalpers were charging outrageous sums, even for the most obscure [...]
As Beijing puts the finishes up its remaining last minute touches for the Olympics, I have been doing the same for How To Order Chinese Food Dot Com. In the past 24 hours, I have added several new dishes, brushed up some of the descriptions, and most importantly, the guides are now available in [.....
Shops on Dongdaqiao Road put up new signs to welcome Olympic visiors For some reason, China.org.cn doesn't include the "dishes dumplings Museum" (家常菜饺子馆) on its list of Beijing's museums . This article is from Danwei.org
“So tell me, do they really eat dog in China?”
I probably get asked this question at least once a week when I am back in the United States. To shed some light on this inquiry, here’s a short anecdote from my recent trip to the town of Yanji (延吉) in Northeastern China’s Jilin province. [...]
It’s been two and a half days in Harbin, and I have decided rather than putting several hours of travel time into a well-formatted and substantial write up (not to mention pics) I’m going to instead continue giving these small incremental updates and observations. Then when I get back to...
It’s been two and a half days in Harbin, and I have decided rather than putting several hours of travel time into a well-formatted and substantial write up (not to mention pics) I’m going to instead continue giving these small incremental updates and observations. Then when I get back to...
No sooner do I write an article about how there is nothing “to see” in Shijiazhuang than do I walk right out of the smoky net bar to see something I have never before seen in Mainland China—a bona fide all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet.
Growing up in the heart of America, my first exposure to Chinese cuisine...