December 2010
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Country Cookin'
Rice paddies in Guangdong Province (photo by pawightm) I sat down for another two-hour session with my dad over the holidays, and this time, he talked about his experience as one of the millions of youths who were sent down to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. There are, of course, many facets to that subject, and I’ll share some details focusing on one particular area...
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Teach A Man To Sell Fish ...
My research on 1980s Guangzhou led me to the discovery of a 1984 Chinese film called Yamaha Fish Stall (雅马哈鱼档). It’s a story about a trio of young people who start a fish stall in early 1980s Guangzhou, just as economic reforms were encouraging many people to start their own businesses (although judging by the way the main character, Ah Long, dresses and some of the hilariously bad...