Letters From Shanghai

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Dirtiness and Cheesecake

As an outsider, new to a foreign land, I often ask if my Chinese friends if my observations are representative of normal behaviour. I’m...

Bitterness and Cocktails

It's not Yorkshire tea thats for sure A little more than three months ago, Mark and I popped our London bubble and moved across the world...

Otherness and Laowai Pie 老外派

A neighbour cleans beansprouts in the sunshine Last week I was commenting on WeChat about why it’s still rare to find an oven in a home...

Missingness and Pork & Cabbage Soup

Definitely over compensating for something Last week was a good week. There was a three-day public holiday and a very special friend came...

Uneasiness and Chicken Wings

Toto, we're not in London anymore If you’ve ever been to China and had dinner with a Chinese person here, you will inevitably come across...

Tenderness and Xian Dou Jiang 鹹豆漿

All Shanghai women match their knickers to their surroundings We are now settled in our new flat, the nagging maintenance is finished and...

Loneliness and Kao Fu 烤麩

A lonely week, not through boredom, but through a feeling of isolation, like I’ve suddenly gone deaf. I’m sure most who have ever...

Letters from Shanghai

My grandfather, Xu (Zee) Bao Shan and grandmother Doris Zee Do you remember what were you doing this time last year? I was cooking and...