(Chinese:豆花米线; Pinyin: dòu huā mǐ xiàn) Kunming is located in South-west China, where rice is the staple food, so Kunming folk love to eat foods made of rice. As a result, Mixian (rice noodles) have been popular in Kunming for centuries. If you go to Kunming, you shouldn't miss tasting Douhua Mixian. Created by a military attaché's [...]...

Chinese Pinyin: Pi Ying, literally translation: Leather Silhouette You may have heard of the Chinese traditional handcraft of paper-cutting and you may have even watched Chinese local operas. What I am going to talk about is an ancient dramatic art form that combines these two significant Chinese elements. This is known as Chinese Shadow Show. Shadow [...]...

Xiamen (Amoy) Xiamen, also known to the West as Amoy, looks out to the Taiwan Strait; many of its old colonial buildings have been carefully restored and its clean, well–kept streets and lively waterfront make it rank as one of the most attractive cities in China. Xiamen was China's main port for exporting tea. The Portuguese arrived [...]...

Chris Horton from GoKunming interviewed me a couple of days ago about chinaONEcall, running a call centre in Kunming and the challenges facing the telephone interpreting industry. The story appeared today....

Following the recent earthquake in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, chinaONEcall is offering free help for victims of the Chinese earthquake, and for anxious family or others needing to contact them or the victims doctors / nurses in the affected area. Just telephone the service direct within China to 4006 88 66 99 or from overseas to [...]...