The Day Lily (干百合) is beautiful, fragrant, medicinal and edible, an elegant flower that blooms once a day and has for the past 2,000 years, in China at least, been used for medicinal and culinary purposes, as well as...
Before venturing north, south or west, after I first arrived in China, east was my first port of call; magical Shanghai in fact, where truly local Chinese cuisine was first impressed upon me.
The fiery flare of Sichuan woks is...
It is often said that Zhuhai should never be confused with Zhuhai, and that pinyin is a lousy replacement for fully-fledged Chinese characters. This year, the Zhuhai (珠海) in Guangdong Province was linked to Hong Kong by the world’s...
For such an influential and famous artist, Andy Warhol was in fact a rather shy and quiet figure. His subjects, on the other hand, were not. Marilyn Munro and Elvis Presley made some of his most iconic portraits, reflecting...
Gatsby might have hosted wild and extravagant parties, but bar life has always been a part of our entertainment, perhaps bringing a brief moment of relief and joy after a stressful day at work. However, as the old saying...
When art is destroyed, it often make big news, and rightfully so. Whether by accident, such as the 20 million objects reduced to dust by a devastating fire at the National Museum of Brazil; or by calculated cruelty, such...
Based on an investigation conducted by the Tax Bureau, during the shooting of the movie, “Big Bombing”, China’s leading actress, Fang Bingbing, evaded the payment of ¥6,180,000 in individual income tax, as well as ¥1,120,000 in business tax, by...
Most Westerners might say it’s not much to write home about, but the English merchant, James Flint, was someone who, in 1770, did just that, when he penned a letter to Mr. Benjamin Franklin, about a foodstuff he had...
