Shark fin soup: The taste of extinction

A pending state bill would prohibit the sale of shark fin and help protect the threatened fish. The ban would affect Chinese Americans disproportionately, but Cantonese culinary culture would easily survive.   I still remember…

‘Int’l Program for Teachers of Chinese Culture’ ends

Twenty-five participatants of the first “International Program for Teachers of Chinese Culture” attended their graduation ceremony at Yilun Hall of the Imperial College in Beijing on Saturday. The first batch of “seed teachers” comprises American…