The Chinese are trying to become more ‘Westernized’? Or ‘modernized’? Instead of accepting pajamas in public as part of the culture and allowing foreigners to see a different lifestyle, is Shanghai attempting to suppress the daily living habits of their local citizens? The wearing of colorful, boldly-printed pajamas in public has been popular in the [...]
All posts for the month February, 2010
Shanghai: no pajamas in public
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 19, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/02/shanghai-no-pajamas-in-public/
‘Beijing design’ embraces cultural roots
An article published at Design Week, before the 2008 Summer Olympics discusses the shift and change in Chinese design, particularly Beijing. I’m curious how things are continuing to progress and re-shape, almost 2 years later. ‘China has been gradually getting its confidence back after the fast development of its economy,’ says Hank Chao, who heads award-winning Shanghai [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 18, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/02/beijing-embraces-cultural-roots/
encyclopedia: Chinese contemporary art
ArtSpeakChina is an online wiki of Chinese contemporary art; it’s a collaboratively-authored encyclopedia that launched in November 2009. The guide is bilingual in Chinese and English, comprised of many articles about Chinese artists and the evolution of contemporary art with corresponding timelines of historical and social events. ArtSpeak China now contains well over 300 articles and [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 17, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/02/encyclopedia-chinese-contemporary-art/
Why travel? It makes you smarter.
Jonah Lehrer wrote a thoughtful article in the San Francisco Panorama about the cognitive benefits of travel. Travel is not only for business or pleasure; travel allows people to think differently about problems and enhances creativity. Why do we travel? It’s not the flying I mind–I will always be awed by the physics that get a fat metal [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 16, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/02/why-travel/
ice-hockey in Beijing
Canada, where hockey is life.. or something like that. I’m off for my first full day in Vancouver! In the mean time, check it out: Beijing has a hockey league. Too bad it looks like it’s only men’s…? Oh, I do miss skating! Sounds like they’re pretty good, playing in tournaments all over the world. [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 15, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/02/ice-hockey-in-beijing/
Happy New Year! (Chinese New Year, that is)
Good-bye year of the Cow…Happy year of the Tiger! Coincidently, the Lunar New Year falls on the American Valentine’s Day of February 14th this year. I won’t be spending the day with family; instead, this morning, I’m off to Vancouver with a someone-special to explore and enjoy the Winter Olympics! We don’t have tickets to [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 14, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/02/happycny/
true ‘fusion’ food: Bánh mì sandwiches
Bánh mì sandwiches, if you’re not familiar, are a delicious Vietnamese sub that come with a variety of different fillings. What makes the Bánh mì unique (and fusion) is the use of French bread and pâté with traditional Vietnamese ingredients of pickled vegetables and meats. It’s interesting to think about how this sandwich came to exist through French-colonial influences [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 13, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/02/banh-mi-sandwiches/
Moleskine’s Beijing City Notebook
I got a little going away gift in preparation for my Beijing departure from my good friend over at Moto and Design. Can’t wait to put it to good use! There are a variety of useful references included among the blank pages for note-taking or journal writing. I’ve always been a fan of Moleskines, and usually [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 12, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/02/moleskines-beijing-city-notebook/