Mooncakes are not only loved for their different flavors- sweet and salty-, but for the special role they played in Chinese history. About seven hundred years ago during the Yuan Dynasty, the Chinese were ruled by Mongolians, their northern neighbors....
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Sweet Mandarin Helen Tse the author talks »
YouTube video Helen Tse talks
A book reading from my new book Sweet Mandarin - a story of three generations spanning a hundred years of history and two continents. A saga that will touch your heart.
To buy the book click on Amazon or www.sweetmandarin.com
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| 26 Sep 07 |
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Commercial turn for Chinese festival - 25-September-07 »
YouTube video China's mid-autumn festival is celebrated with lanterns and "mooncakes", but many fear the festival's traditions are being lost amid growing commercialisation.
Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Beijing on what is the most important festival in the... |
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Dynasty Warriors 5 Special Modification »
YouTube video A quick video of my upcoming Dynasty Warriors 5 Special mod. You need the PC version of Dynasty Warriors 5 (available only in Traditional Chinese) to play.
Generic officers are given new weapons and movesets. More officers show up at battles. All sorts... |
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Simply over the moon » Shanghaiist If you thought mooncakes were only for the old-fashioned, think again. Hoteliers, restaurateurs and even tech companies (yes, you heard that right!) have all jumped onto the bandwagon, creating a bewildering array of mooncakes in the market with ever... |
| 24 Sep 07 |
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Mooncakes acquire networking flavor » People's Daily Mooncakes, a traditional delicacy gifted to families and friends during the Mid-Autumn Festival, have become an important ingredient in maintaining business and work relations. With the festival falling tomorrow, the reception areas of a ... |
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The Historical Record for February 13, 2008 » Granite Studio On February 13, 950, Guo Wei founded the Zhou Dynasty, one of the “5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms” that ruled in China between 907 and 960. Guo Wei was a general in the Turkic Han Dynasty (And yes, the short-lived regimes of this period loved to... |
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