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Would you go to a museum about dinner?
The Sichuan Cuisine Museum’s own exhibition page describes a collection of more than three thousand utensils in a display area of about 1,200 square metres.…
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Inside Qingdao’s underwater film studio
A heated six-metre-deep tank, underwater windows and hundreds of fixing points help Qingdao crews turn real water into controlled film scenes.
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How can a bamboo basket become a sweater?
A designer born in Fujian reworked bamboo-weaving structures into contemporary clothing.
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Why was Chinese lacquer called “Coromandel”?
A trade name followed a shipping route, not necessarily the object’s place of making.
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Could a cabinet be sent away to get dressed?
Some furniture forms crossed seas so that Chinese workshops could finish them for European buyers.
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Why did Europeans try to copy lacquer?
East Asian lacquer was admired in Europe, but makers could not simply copy the material.
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Does Sichuan food have only one setting?
Chengdu’s food profile talks about a range of flavours, not a single level of heat.
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Can an old landfill become a garden?
The C40 account dates the landfill’s closure to 2005 and describes restoration work beginning in 2014 across about fifty-two hectares. The project then…
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Could bridge design become a city’s signature?
The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge gives those design questions a real structure. It opened in October 1957, linking Hanyang and Wuchang across the river.…
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Can “light” food still take serious skill?
One Shunde preparation makes that puzzle wonderfully concrete: Daliang fried milk. In a 2013 report, food writer Pauline D. Loh describes milk thickened…
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Why does Yangzhou teach people to cook its food?
Tofu gives the discussion a real task. In an interview published through Shanghai’s government information office, chef Gao at Gui Hua Lou describes Wensi…
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Can a city make a living from music lessons?
Wuxi’s music identity includes schools and instrument makers, not just concerts.
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