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Aug.09.2011 - 6:07 pm
Book covers and Chinese qipao dresses: trend or here to stay?
It’s no secret I just love qipaos, the form-fitting Chinese dress. And because I’m obsessed with qipaos, I’ve noticed the publishing industry has taken an interest in them, too....
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Jul.12.2011 - 12:51 pm
Asian lunch boxes
I love lunch boxes of all types. I always carried one to school when I was younger, before it became uncool. But now I'm thinking about buying some kind of environmentally-...
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Jul.05.2011 - 5:02 pm
An Ode to Wade-Giles
All the hoopla surrounding last week's anniversary of Hong Kong's Handover got me thinking about the many Hong Kong vs. China dichotomies. Which led me to a broader old China vs....
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May.18.2011 - 11:23 am
Who wants a free book?
I just love receiving free books. It seems like I’m getting them all the time now. And it’s not even my birthday. Take today, when I won a copy of Mingmei Yip’s new novel, Song of...
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Jul.06.2011 - 11:38 am
In response to: An Ode to Wade-Giles
Wade-Giles
Thanks so much for your comment, Eric! I totally agree about how Wade-Giles was revolutionary at the time. I've only...
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About Susan

I am writing a memoir about the five years I tried to assimilate to Chinese family life. In the early 1990s, I moved to Hong Kong and met and married a musician from central China. I thought our cultural differences would amount to eating weird food and...
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Susan’s Favorite Books

Gweilo by Martin Booth, Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene, The Quiet American by Graham Greene, The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham, The Honourable Schoolboy...