Archive for October, 2006

Strange Things about Yunnan Province

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Most of the below listed things about Yunnan were considered weird by the rest of China. Supposedly, there were originally 18 famous peculiarities, but my internet searches have found about 30. Although some of the things are no longer that common, they still shed light on the uniqueness of this province.

1. Eggs sold by the […]

Organic China

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Those of you interested in organics and the environment might be interested in the recent BusinessWeek article, Why the Stink Over China’s Organic Food? After reading it myself, along with two local Kunming blogs about the piece, I agree that the stink over China’s organic food is mostly perpetuated by unbalanced articles like BusinessWeek’s that […]

Is China Infiltrating Western Television?

Friday, October 13th, 2006

It might just be in my head, but practically every western television show I watch these days seems to make some reference to China. It is as though China is slowly infiltrating the western psyche. We get a kick out of it since we are in China. Then again, we try not to watch western […]

Chinese Fruit Cake?

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

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I wonder if most cultures have a tradition equivalent to ‘fruit cake’. Chinese mooncakes might fit the bill.

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