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Shark's Fin Soup

Few Chinese wedding banquets are complete without shark's fin soup -- a Chinese delicacy which, t...

China AFP/Roberto Coloma

Chinese Lunar Animal - Horse

The lively Horse follows no rules. She bolts with grace and flies on four legs. She is sorely dis...

China Tricia Morrissey

Hong Kong's Museum of Coastal Defense

I find it a sad fact that so many Asian cities have become synonymous with military cataclysms. T...

China Steven K. Bailey

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Chinese Lunar Animal Calligraphy - Rabbit

To see the proper stroke order of Rabbit, click the Start button. Click here to download a practi...

China Kong Lee

Hong Kong Dragon Boat races at Aberdeen harbour on the south side of Hong Kong island.

Dragon Boat Race

* * * HONG KONG, June 10, 2005 - Rowers made last-minute preparations and Taoist priests conducte...

China AFP

Meili Snow Mountain is regarded as a Holy Mountain by local Tibetans.

Yunnan's Meili Snow Mountain

Meili Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China

China Dave Chou

Ren Yueliang before (l) and after (r).

Fat Fighting with Chinese Characteristics

Hao Ligong is smiling, which is strange for a man with 15 needles sticking from his abdomen. Hao,...

China Joshua Samuel Brown

Hong Kong

Learning to Love Hong Kong

Having fallen in love with Hong Kong since he first steamed into its island-studded waters nearly...

China Steven K. Bailey

Edward Espe Brown in How to Cook Your Life

Film Review: How to Cook Your Life

With food as both context and metaphor, documentary filmmaker Doris Dorrie focuses her lens on Ze...

China / Japan Celeste Heiter

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Recipe: Pan-fried Salmon Slices with Orange and Champagne

Excerpted from New World Chinese Cooking By Stephen Wong Serves 4 to 6 This recipe is inspired by...

China Robert Tompkins

Pousada de Sao Tiago Macau

Cannons, Chapels and Fine Cuisine: Macau's Historic Pousada de Sao Tiago

In the course of my travels I've spent the night in all kinds of odd places. I've camped in the n...

China Steven K. Bailey

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My Life As Emperor - a book review

Title: My Life as Emperor Author: Su Tong ...

China Ernie Yap

China Condensed

Title: China Condensed: 5000 Years of History & Culture. Author: Ong Siew Chey. Publisher: Marsha...

China ThingsAsian Booklist

Feeding the dragons

In the weeks leading to the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, some unusual items start appearing on...

China / Singapore Bee Lian Goh

A Cinematic Kaleidoscope at San Jose's Cinequest 16

Mystery and Romance, Religion and Politics, Comedy and Tragedy. With Asian entries from China, In...

China Celeste Heiter

Shaolin Kung Fu is one of the most famous Kung Fu genres, old, influential and an important part of Chinese Kung Fu.

An introduction to the Shaolin Temple

China LALA

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Ten Language Programs in China and Taiwan

Hundreds of distinct languages exist in China and Taiwan, but when students talk about studying C...

China Dawn Stanton

Sichuan Green String Beans

Recipe: Sichuan Green String Beans

Make it yourself: Sichuan (or Szechuan) Green String Beans

China Habeeb Salloum

QiBao Old Town, Shanghai, China

Retired and on the road: older tourists embrace Asia

The typical tourist in Asia used to be a young backpacker in need of a shower, but these days the...

China / India AFP/Ben Sheppard

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Ctrip surfs China's homegrown travel wave...

China AFP/D'Arcy Doran

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