Regulars

Lion’s Head

Lion’s Head
Apr 24, 2009 (WiC 12)

What is it? Lion’s Head is Chinese meatballs. Originally from the region of Yangzhou and Zhenjiang in Jiangsu province, the dish became a classic Shanghainese dish, following the influx of immigrants to the city. The ...

Here’s hopping

Can a Chinese schoolyard game become an Olympic event?
Apr 24, 2009 (WiC 12)

There are many people who admire the business acumen and the wealth that Bernie Ecclestone has attained from his tight control over Formula One. And few more so than Wu Yanda, who sees himself as China’s very own Ecclestone. However, while ...

Online affair

Online affair
Apr 24, 2009 (WiC 12)

Blogging and adultery seem to have become two of China’s fastest growing trends. So it should come as no surprise that they should combine in the story of a man from Jiangsu province, who wrote a blog about his wife’s affair. Around 60,000 ...

Any room in the Ark?

Many of China’s visitors to Hong Kong – there were 16.9 million in 2008 – come to visit Ocean Park…
Apr 24, 2009 (WiC 12)

Many of China’s visitors to Hong Kong – there were 16.9 million in 2008 – come to visit Ocean Park and Disneyland. But will China’s Christians – estimated to number 54 million – consider Noah’s Ark a reason to visit? One of Hong ...

Cao Shen

Masterly inactivity
Apr 17, 2009 (WiC 11)

Just before his death, Xiao He, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, urged Emperor Hui (210-188 BC), the ruling monarch, to appoint Cao Shen as his successor. The emperor, who was the son of Han Gaozu, the founding father of the dynasty, was ...

Dongbo Rou

Dongbo Rou
Apr 17, 2009 (WiC 11)

What is it? Pork belly, with a lot of fat. This Hangzhou classic is not for those watching their cholesterol. Despite the deceptively simple ingredients – pork belly, soy sauce, sherry, and spices – Dongbo Rou can take ...

Toilet.com

Can the internet help clean up Foshan’s public toilets?
Apr 17, 2009 (WiC 11)

Chinese public toilets are unloved institutions. Adeline Yen Mah recalls in her book, Watching the Tree: “We had been forewarned of the appalling conditions awaiting us and had rolled up the legs of our trousers in anticipation. Inside, there ...

Absolutely bananas

Absolutely bananas
Apr 17, 2009 (WiC 11)

Many visitors to China have stories of meals featuring creatures rarely represented on Western menus. But snake and shark’s fin pale in comparison to what five diners ordered in a restaurant in the Jinyun Mountain district. The Chongqing Times ...

Paint it black

One of the more interesting indicators of the Chinese economy’s relative state of health is the art market. And the…
Apr 17, 2009 (WiC 11)

One of the more interesting indicators of the Chinese economy’s relative state of health is the art market. And the recent Sotheby’s spring sales – held in Hong Kong – offered some welcome signs. In last autumn’s auction – when the ...

Tremors online

Another example of a netizen outcry producing greater disclosure
Apr 10, 2009 (WiC 10)

There are all kinds of museums, with new ones opening all the time; the BBC, for example, reported this week that a man in Northern England had opened a museum devoted to the cars and gadgets used in the James Bond movies. But an ...

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