Archive for February, 2020
My Favorite Chinese Dishes Posted by sasha on Feb 19, 2020
If you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you probably know by now that I really like Chinese food (我很喜欢中国菜 – wǒ hěn xǐ huān zhōng guó cài). When I first moved there, I missed my good old American food from time to time. The longer I stayed in China, though, the more I…
New Field Hospital was built in Wuhan in 10 days Posted by Ayana on Feb 17, 2020
Huoshenshan Hospital is a field hospital built to treat coronavirus patients in Wuhan, China. On January 23, the Chinese Office of Health Emergency confirmed more than 500 cases of patients infected with the new coronavirus in China. The death toll from the virus (病毒 bìng dú), as of that day, had risen to 17, all…
The Year of the Rat Posted by sasha on Feb 5, 2020
Another Spring Festival has come and gone, and we are now in the Year of the Rat (鼠年 – shǔ nián). While it’s not exactly off to a great start thanks to the coronavirus, hopefully the year will take a more positive turn sooner than later. In this post, I’d like to focus on the…
A New Strain of Coronavirus in China Posted by Ayana on Feb 3, 2020
A new strain of coronavirus is believed to have originated last December in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei province. Last June, a concerned citizen published a short letter on the website of the People’s Daily, in which he urged the government to reinforce its supervision and take charge of the South China Seafood…