Cake decorator

Very elaborate cakes are available, they look very correct, the taste is something else. There is a growing problem with diabetes here and these highly refined foods are part of the problem, the "starvation gene" that has served the Chinese so well during the times of scarcity, are not reacting well to the new found wealth.

Some reflections

October 30th 2007
October 30, 2007 A common first impression about China focuses on the rapid change. In fact, this might qualify as a pre-impression because foreigners come here primed, by Western media reports, to see a society undergoing dramatic transformation. Evidence is all around; that nearby city block, that last year housed restaurants, small retail stores, a traditional pharmacy and a middle -aged man ... read more

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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

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