Posts by Sharon
Sharon blogs from Manhattan and is a Chinese-American marketing and PR professional. After working for several years throughout Asia and across the US, she has returned to life as a student and is currently in graduate school, blogging intermittently between classes and happy hour.
Hard-Core Chinese Food, A Cure for Picky Eaters
Want to cure your child from picky eating habits? Send them to China!
A recent New York Times article entitled, “Scorpions for Breakfast and Snails for Dinner” suggests that there’s no reason why kids should hate veggies, and that it’s even more absurd that parents have to resort to hiding veggies in junk food to get kids to eat healthy (think Jerry Seinfeld’s wife’s cookbook, Deceptively Delicious…)
The proof? [...]
China’s Premier, Wen Jiabao gets on Facebook
In this year’s presidential race, we’ve seen American politicians soliciting the youth vote through channels including myspace, MTV, SNL and the like. Now, it seems like China’s catching on.
A short while ago, Premier Wen Jiabao’s profile page mysteriously appeared on Facebook. By yesterday, Premier Wen emerged as one of FB’s Top Ten Politicians, beating out [...]
Negativity Against China: Scrutinizing the Scrutiny
In a year that was meant to be prosperous, honorable, and filled with good fortune, China has gotten off to a bad start. Less than six months into 2008, the Middle Kingdom has already experienced significant natural disasters, mounting criticism over Tibet, intense condemnation over Sudan, and endless fallout from last year’s tainted food & [...]
Asia Traveling Tips
It’s May. School’s out and summer’s IN.
Which means one thing – it’s travel season! If you’re Asian, maybe you’re making a pilgrimage to the mothership. Even if you’re not Asian, you still might be headed to Shanghai, Bangkok, or some other place where the plagued U.S. dollar would actually buy more than cheap keychain souvenirs [...]
End of the Bubble Tea Era: Asians Look Beyond Boba
Like all hip and cool Asian kids, I grew up going to boba tea houses for social gatherings and late-night snack runs. Starbucks never stood a fighting chance against Lollicup’s chilled honeydew milk tea.
Bubble tea came to the U.S. from Taiwan in the 80’s and slowly emerged to become one of the biggest cultural and [...]
Christian Dior Names New Fashion Model for Japan: Hello Kitty
She’s one of the most recognizable Japanese faces in the world, and I think we’d all agree that she is super, super cute. Now, at age 32, she’s breaking into high-fashion modeling for luxury brands.
No, she’s not Utada. It’s not Ayumi either. I’m talking about the famous Miss Hello [...]
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- Philip: Here's a question:Let's just say a PRC was no longer a communist country and changed to a democracy, do you think Taiwanese would continue to insist on the Taiwanese label? or would they want to be considered as part of...
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- teddyzee: Nobu is the godfather of modern day Japanese fusion. So many standard dishes in Japanese restaurants came from him. Many of my favorite meals have been at Nobu or Matsuhisa joints. Plus, he's an awesome guy.
