Jottings from the Granite Studio

A Qing historian reads the newspaper…

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Chinese inventions: printing, the compass, and…tequila?

October 18th, 2006 · 8 Comments

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 [...]

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