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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...
15 September 2022

Il Passaporto / The Passport

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ITALIANO IN FONDO My sons Arturo and Luigi had both Italian and British citizenship at birth. (They could also be Chinese, but they would h...
24 August 2022

Recensione libro: Vivo Altrove (2010) by Claudia Cucchiarato, ****

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Sinossi Gabriele, ingegnere navale a Oslo, Davide che fa l'autore teatrale a Berlino, Giulia che sta a Barcellona, canta in una band, e ...
21 August 2022

Book Review: The Good German of Nanking (1998) by John Rabe, edited by Erwin Wickert, *****

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Synopsis The personal journals of German businessman John Rabe describe the infamous 1937 Japanese siege of Nanking and his efforts to prote...