花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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Anyone who has been to China has heard “The List.” The long itemization of all things great, small, and wonderful that the Chinese invented before Europeans could figure out which part of the spear was the “pointy/useful end.” On those thoughtless occasions at dinner when I make some critical comment about Chinese food, good friends [...]