Squeezed in between classes about composting and Chinese medicine, we made a basic fresh cheese, followed by two simple dishes of beets and kabocha squash
Tag: China
Yunnan fresh cheese — in the factory!
The woman making the cheese was a genuine expert–with her two burners running, it was like watching an 80s DJ spin turntables
Chinese dairy visit
Yesterday I visited a farm in Dali, Yunnan. The big companies buy the milk from farms like this one, which has about 100 head of dairy cattle.
My talk in Shanghai–fun clip
Here’s a few minute-long clip from my talk at NYU-Shanghai last February
Death by M.C. Escher – inside the old Shanghai slaughterhouse
I once had a roommate who wore a lot of M.C. Escher t-shirts. I thought it was fun and quirky, which was odd, since he wasn’t really either of those things. One day I made the offhand comment that he sure seemed to like M.C. Escher, and he lost it, “no, I do not like…
North beef-south beef – carnivorizing about in Shenzhen
When I was first learning Chinese in Taiwan, I remember being told that one of the teachers (who I didn’t know) had become gravely ill because of “wind.” This of course put my imagination on edge – was it pollution? extreme flatulence? They couldn’t explain, and I couldn’t ask. I discovered the answer some years…
What’s behind the rapprochement between China and the Vatican?
Originally posted in East Asia Forum 23 February 2017 The authority to appoint bishops has been a key point of contention in the restoration of relations between China and the Vatican. Since formally severing relations in 1951, China has refused torecognise any papal authority over the Chinese Church, particularly in appointing episcopal leadership. For its part, the…
Yellow Earth
From 15-18 September, the CUHK History and Anthropology AOE and Shaanxi Normal University arranged a field seminar in and around Xi’an. The itinerary was arranged by Micah Muscolino at Oxford, and took us to about 8 villages in Baishui 白水县 and Chengcheng 澄城县 Counties, along with a large scale water reclamation project, and two gorgeous…
Historical perspective on China’s NGO draft law
This past summer, China introduced a new law aimed at curbing the activities of NGOs operating in the country. The law itself was heavily criticized in the international press, in part because the law closely resembled measures enacted in Russia under Putin. Similar measures have appeared in other jurisdictions, such as Cambodia. The new restriction of NGOs in…
Empire in Asia – new course videos
I made these videos for a course that I taught with colleagues NUS last year. These were filmed before the class actually started, and include five segments filmed in various spots in Hulunbuir and Harbin. See the whole collection at: https://vimeo.com/user40204752/collections
Thomas DuBois 杜博思 