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20 April 2024

Love Poem by Lifang

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Fall in love for no reason Parting is no guilt in any season When effort to return to the past is in vain Giving up is also beautiful though...
12 April 2024

Opium to the "Fragrant Harbor": a Short History of British Hong Kong (1842-1997)

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Presentation on the history of Hong Kong during the British colonial time. Hong Kong is called the "fragrant harbor" because so st...
05 April 2024

The Dragon at Sea: A Brief Maritime History of China

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This is a video I have prepared for my lectures as guest speaker on cruise ships. It is meant as part education and part entertainment, info...
21 December 2023

Book reviews: The women's language of Hunan, China

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Falcini, Giulia: Il Nüshu, la scrittura che diede voce alle donne (2020) ****  Sinossi   Al di là della Grande Muraglia, immerso tra le coll...
16 December 2023

The Waltz of the Jellyfish at the Villa Empain of the Boghossian Foundation

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Today we went to visit this impressive exhibition "La Valse des méduses" (The jellyfishes' waltz) by Céline Pagès and Christin...
27 November 2023

Carno Polo: Ovvero delle Curiose Vicende di un altro Marco tra i Cinesi del XXI secolo (2023) su Amazon

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  From my honeymoon in Fenghuang, Hunan Il mio ultimo libro: una lettura per venire con me in Cina stando seduti a casa. O forse un'idea...
02 November 2023

Electric cars and the future of Europe

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Build Your Dreams Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Union's Commission, says Europe is flooded with cheap subsidized C...
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19 September 2023

Pipì a Pechino

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The results are in... Da un paio di giorni avevo necessità di urinare con troppa frequenza e la procedura diventava anche sempre più doloros...
08 July 2023

Speed awareness class

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I got a speeding ticket a few weeks ago. I never speed, this was a minor distraction in central London, but still. I was given a choice: pay...
25 June 2023

lettera alla mamma per il suo 100° compleanno

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Cara mamma, buon compleanno! Si usa dire "cento di questi giorni!" per fare gli auguri, ma non ce n'è bisogno, perché oggi tu ...
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02 June 2023

Making zonzi in Hunan, China

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Zongzi are a special type of sticky glutinous rice dumplings filled with pork meat or other proteins and are traditionally prepared for the ...
15 May 2023

Hong Kong new "Palace Museum" in Kowloon

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10 May 2023

Recensione libro: Debora 2009 (2013) di Debora Gatelli, ****

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  Sinossi Tre biciclette attraversano il nord del Senegal alla ricerca di emozioni forti e alla scoperta di nuovi orizzonti. Un viaggio spon...
08 May 2023

A visit to Chenzhou, Hunan, China

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08 April 2023

Back in Hong Kong

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After four years of lockdown and flight cancellations, and my twins being born in between, we are back in Hong Kong. First day exploring the...