Guangzhou

Chinatown Sextet - Chinatowns in the Greater Toronto Area - 1

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 07:40:45 +0000

Chinatowns in the Greater Toronto Area

For the Love of Lychees: An Interview with Lychee Growers Bill Mee and Krystal Folino

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Sep 2003 21:11:41 +0000

When early humans first discovered the perfumed pleasures of the lychee fruit more than 4000 years ago, little did they know that, halfway around the globe, their descendents would someday be able to...

'The Road Home' Dim Sum Recipes & Photos

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:56:06 +0000

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts 1 can water chestnuts (about 2 dozen) 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup brown sugar 8 slices bacon, cut in thirds 24 toothpicks Drain and rinse the water chestnuts. Toss in soy...

Chinatown Sextet - Chinatowns in the Greater Toronto Area - 2

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 07:49:53 +0000

(Second of Three Parts) 3. Scarborough Scarborough's Agincourt community, Toronto's first satellite Chinatown, saw its origins in the early 1980s when developer Henry Hung converted a tumbledown...

Chinatown Sextet - Chinatowns in the Greater Toronto Area - 3

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 08:00:31 +0000

(Third of Three Parts) 5. Richmond Hill Canada's immigration policy in the early 1990s encouraged successful business people from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and The People's Republic of China to relocate, and...

Fan Tan Memories - Victoria's Chinatown

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:50:09 +0000

Located on Vancouver Island, the provincial capital of Victoria is the site of Canada's oldest, and the most populous Chinatown until 1910 when it was surpassed by Vancouver. At the time of the...

Starfish, Scorpions & Lizards on Sticks

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:08:13 +0000

Not long ago Guangzhou's Qingping market was notorious as a place where unmentionable stenches mingled with the cries of chickens, rabbits, owls, rats, civet cats, and other animals in varied stages...

Cantonese Opera

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:20:11 +0000

HONG KONG, June 1, 2005 - Clutching a wooden bow, Chan Gum-to glides it across the two strings of his traditional Chinese erhu. He taps his feet gently to the tempo of the music and with a strong...

First time in China - a trip from Hong Kong via Canton and Guilin to Yangshou

Anonymous — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:26:49 +0000

A trip from Hong Kong via Canton and Guilin to Yangshou.

Psychedelia in Stone: Chinese Temple Architecture

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:57:53 +0000

For thousands of years, industrious and ambitious Chinese have left China in search of wealth in other Asian lands. Undoubtedly this Diaspora only accelerated once China fell to the Communists and as...

Recipe: Pan-fried Salmon Slices with Orange and Champagne

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:25:44 +0000

Excerpted from New World Chinese Cooking By Stephen Wong Serves 4 to 6 This recipe is inspired by a wonderful dish created by Chef Lam Kam Shing of Grand King Seafood Restaurant in Vancouver. Chef Lam...

Feeding the dragons

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Mar 2002 04:32:37 +0000

In the weeks leading to the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, some unusual items start appearing on the shelves of supermarkets and provision shops. Piles of dried bamboo leaves, tied up in bundles. An...

Bubble Tea and Geoduck

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Aug 2001 07:26:26 +0000

New and old Chinatowns in Greater Vancouver "Let me tell you about a remedy you can use at the first symptoms of a cold or the flu." Doris and I were enjoying a selection of delicious fruit-flavored...

A Quiet Afternoon at Shamian Island

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:40:10 +0000

An afternoon stroll in Guangzhou's Shamian Island is the perfect respite from to the rest of the bustling city.

Toys, tennis shoes: southern China a hub for export manufacturing

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Nov 2002 06:58:37 +0000

* * * * * SHEKOU, China, Oct 29, 2002 - Rows of white-capped, mostly female workers hunch over clattering sewing machines, turning out soft toys for export from this southern Chinese city, cogs in...