Half of my kitchen cabinets are filled to the brim with teas- fragrant Chinese loose leaf teas, spicy Indian Chai, and enough Chamomiles to put an elephant to sleep. So, I was absolutely psyched when I discovered Jason Walker’s website, Walker Tea Review. I linked up with Jason to learn a bit more about the [...]

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China’s shanzhai culture of piracy has inarguably become one of its most highly recognized exports, made evident from the knock-off D&G handbags that hang from stalls in any Chinatown, USA; the counterfeit DVDs displayed on blankets in New York’s subway system; and the poorly-constructed 7 For All Mankind jeans up for auction on eBay. As [...]

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I remember walking into a cramped recording studio in Shandong Province with a fellow colleague of mine, an ABC (American-born Chinese). We’d been contracted as voiceover actors for a series of English-language textbooks geared toward Chinese middle-school students. Following a rather awkward chat about payment terms, the producer turned to me and said something to [...]

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