When USS Hornet is mentioned, most people think about the Dolittle Raid of Tokyo in 1942 by USS Hornet. But there was an earlier USS…
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When USS Hornet is mentioned, most people think about the Dolittle Raid of Tokyo in 1942 by USS Hornet. But there was an earlier USS…
The covid-19 pandemic is still spreading, I thought about Michael Lewis’ 2016 book, The Undoing Project, where he included the Asian disease problem: say, there…
The Russian embassy in Beijing posted this message on their Weibo today, celebrating 160 years anniversary of Vladivostok. Here is the 8:10 min video. My first…
Lao Gan Ma (old godmother) chilli sauce is very popular, inside and outside of China, and for a while it was in my refrigerator too.…
Becoming a farmer! One of many things and foods I tried during this covid-19 pandemic is to grow my own stuff: oyster mushroom stick I…
The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants, by Sir John Francis Davis, esq. F.R.S. etc., had two volumes published…
What’s trending now? a controversy as a woman claims ¥3m Yuan insurance for delayed flight. 就事论事，人日的发声不错[强]。(is gone 404 by 12pm on June 13) 其中的关键，也不在保险公司，保险公司最多是道德问题。 关键是警权的滥用，放人、赔偿、公开道歉、追究相关人员责任。…
The largest siheyuan in the world, was the home to the last two imperial dynasties, Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912), from1420 to 1924. 980 buildings in the complex…
My Yeye and Nainai, and the list kinship titles or filial terms: 爷爷 奶奶 – Yeye and Nainai:- paternal grandfather/mother 公公 婆婆 (外公,外婆) – Gonggong and…
As far as I’m aware, there are two ways to collect your words into a book and sell them: self-publish or have someone publish the…