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“Don’t Read Books!”
Chinese Scroll Don’t read books! Don’t chant poems! When you read books your eyeballs wither away, leaving the bare sockets. When you chant poems your heart leaks out slowly with each word. People say...
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Support Your Local Chifa
My Local Chinese Restaurant, the Chifa Jin in Miraflores I got back from Peru on Tuesday night—as usual in the middle of a blistering heat wave. Finally, I have enough energy to take up with my blog...
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El Pueblo de Los Angeles
The Chinese American Museum on North Los Angeles Street The City of Los Angeles got its start in a large block bordered on the north by Cesar E. Chavez Ave, on the east by Alameda Street, on the south...
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Old Cypresses
1983 Stamp Commemorating the Chinese Poet Tu Fu It’s been a long time since I posted a blog about poetry. Today’s poem goes back over thirteen hundred years, from A.D. 766 to be exact. China’s Tang...
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The Lion Dance
Lion Dancer at Chinese New Year Parade I have seen perhaps a dozen Chinese New Year parades, and I am quite used to seeing dragons and lion dancers. What I find interesting, however, is that there are...
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Chinatown
Exterior of Chinatown’s Hong Kong BBQ at Night This being Thursday, I visited the Central Library at 5th and Flower Streets, then took the Dash B bus to Chinatown. The last several times I’ve been...
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