It’s been almost a year since I’ve left Beijing and I still think about how the city landscape was in such dramatic change while I was there, as I’m sure it still is. At that time I also met Jonah Kessel (via Twitter), who filmed a series of short videos for Asia Society, the first is titled “A Disappearing World.” [...]
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Another look at Beijing’s Hutongs
Posted by Tiffany Wan on January 20, 2012
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2012/01/another-look-at-beijings-hutongs/
Flickr uploads from Yunnan Province
Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season The recent few days of public holiday in Hong Kong have been rather nice for the Christmas season. As a result, I’ve finally had the chance to do some end-of-the-year cleaning of photos. And I’ve gotten around to editing photos from all the way back in May [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on December 28, 2011
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2011/12/flickr-uploads-from-yunnan-province/
HK Food Re-caps
I returned to HK yesterday from another trip to Xining, China… and looking forward to a pizza lunch in Central. It’s been a while since I’ve had American food (though it seems that’s all I write about)! This is just a quick update to share what I’ve been writing for VeggieWala. Check out a few things [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on July 18, 2011
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2011/07/hk-food-re-caps/
亲爱的日记 (或亲爱的网络）
三月底的时候我用英文写了一个博客文章，让我想多了。现在我想试试用中文写一张。首先，不好意思，我非常长的时间没写（打）中文了！还有，这个主题自是过去年的印象，印象也对自己的想发，等等。好了，我试试开始！ 很有意思啊，我写了英文张博客的时候是刚从青海省西宁市回香港的。我现在写这张，也在西宁了！太重合了！:)
Posted by Tiffany Wan on July 10, 2011
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2011/07/%e4%ba%b2%e7%88%b1%e7%9a%84%e6%97%a5%e8%ae%b0-%e6%88%96%e4%ba%b2%e7%88%b1%e7%9a%84%e7%bd%91%e7%bb%9c/
TEDtalk: How Westerners can make sense of China (And some rambling)
Watch this 20 minute TEDtalk by Martin Jacques, which gives some wonderful insight into China and how Westerners can better understand China and its growth. Jacques identifies some key points of Easterners being more knowledgable of the West because they have been forced to learn from these powerful, developed countries. In the time that I’ve been in [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 17, 2011
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2011/02/tedtalk-how-westerners-can-make-sense-of-china-and-some-rambling/
Lucky Bookstore, Shanghai
It’s a week into the Year of the Rabbit and I’m wishing everyone all the best for the new lunar year! To keep with the luck, perhaps a visit to the lucky bookstore is an order: Happy Chinese New Year! And there couldn’t be a more fitting way to be greeted into the year of [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on February 10, 2011
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2011/02/lucky-bookstore-shanghai/
Wudaokou’s King of Dates
Since a friend introduced me to the Date Cake shop of Wudaokou (五道口), I’ve been addicted! Continue reading to find out more: Have you ever had a ‘date cake’? If not, it’s definitely worth the long Beijing commute to try. The little shop on the north side of Chengfu Lu, about 5 minutes walk directly [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on January 12, 2011
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2011/01/wudaokous-king-of-dates/
Happy New Year! (and A Brandnü Way of Thinking)
Happy 2011! Wishing everyone all the best for the coming year Here’s to the first post of 2011 and an update of my own! Design Museum Boston is proud to present Tiffany Wan, the newest addition to our correspondents team. A graduate of Syracuse University and currently located in Beijing, Tiffany will be bringing an international [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on January 2, 2011
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2011/01/happy-new-year-and-a-brandnu-way-of-thinking/