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The Great Wall. The Great Wall of China is not one, uninterrupted wall, but a whole series of walls, built by different dynasties. The earliest parts may date as far back as the 7th century BC, but the bulk of what is left today, was built in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) ... Food Thousand-Year-Old-Eggs. Just the name is usually enough for most people to distort their faces in a display of disgust and exclaim: "YUCK", "URGH" or "revolting"! Quite often this reaction is repeated when ... Shaoxing Wine. The smell of the wine hung heavy in the bar and impregnated the old wooden tables, chairs, floor and beams. Old and young took large gulps and slurped the wine from ceramic bowls. Mah-jong blocks crashed on the table, and ... Huo Guo. Huo Guo, the fiery hot pot from Sichuan and Chongqing, is undoubtedly one of those great culinary experiences you should try when you visit China. It's not a meal to have on your own, but something to share ... Chinese Vegetarian Food. It may look like Pork, taste like Pork, but it sure isn't! In a country where nearly every part of an animal is eaten and where nearly any animal is seen as edible, it comes as a surprise to find so much good quality vegetarian food ... Wine and Cheese in Zhongdian.The bar was pretty cool; just a few wooden tables with simple but stylish decoration. We ordered a bottle of dry red wine and savoured the moment as the dark burgundy liquid filled our glasses. We toasted and rejoiced that we had chosen well. But the best was yet to come. The cheese, beautifully presented and excellently cut, looked as if it had arrived straight from Castilla la Mancha ... Qiezi Bing. Yum, what a smell! Just a few doors down from our regular hotel in Beijing’s Shatan Houjie in the heart of the hutongs near the Forbidden City, there is a Chinese style bakery... Jellyfish Salad. One of our favourite Chinese cold dishes is Jellyfish Salad, Haizhe or Haizhetou as it is called on most Chinese menus... Book Reviews Wild Grass. Ian Johnson's enlightening book takes a look at the way ordinary Chinese people are trying to challenge and take on the monolithic power of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the rapidly changing China of today. Chinese Whispers. The last time you sat down to a Chinese meal in one of those grand and bustling Chinese restaurants in London’s Chinatown, did you by any chance think about who your waiter was, what had led him to Britain, or what his working conditions might be like? Rice. Rice is a tale of hate. The author, Su Tong, searches deep into the human soul and what he discovers is not pleasant. Rice takes the ugliness of human nature to the extreme and beyond, and yet, despite horror upon horror, it’s a book that’s difficult to put down. The Uninvited. Scratching beneath the surface of Beijing’s modern façade, Geling Yan reveals a world of inequality, corruption and sycophantic banality. War Trash. The Korean War was fought between June 1950 and July 1953. As memories of the war fade and its heroes and victims are forgotten, Ha Jin’s novel, ‘War Trash’, movingly evokes an often forgotten side of this senseless war. |
Welcome to our section on Chinese Culture. This section is not an attempt to cover all aspects of the huge spectrum of Chinese Culture but a personal review of what we ourselves have seen, read or experienced.
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