#19 The People’s Documentary, disappearing stores, The Forbidden City, and crazy Tibetans
August 17th 2005 June 2
We are still laughing about the silly documentary we watched last night on the only English channel on Beijing TV. Did you know that Beijing Duck is less greasy now than it used to be? Customers demanded that it be less greasy so chefs developed new non-greasy ways to prepare it. The traditional way of cooking Beijing Duck by pumping it with water and roasting in a wood fired oven gave
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more 
