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Looking for Peach Blossom Spring
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 34 A reflection on peaches in Chinese culture, symbolism, and myth and what...
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Ganbei! Alcohol Culture in China
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America , Vol. 3, Issue 33 In China, alcohol isn’t just alcohol. It’s a key that unlocks...
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“Seeing” Chinese Art - Li Keran and Me (Part II)
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 26 March. Mid-Spring. My exploration of a transcultural appreciation of art...
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“Seeing” Chinese Art - Li Keran and Me (Part I)
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 25 March is mid-spring on China’s lunar calendar. Winter’s grip has loosened,...
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The Land of the Thunder Dragon (Part I)
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 13 This new series journeys to Bhutan, a small, Buddhist country in...
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A Bold Triptych in the Heart of 16th Century European Globalism
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 36 Today's Issue claims only a wispy connection with China, so please indulge...
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Encounters with Asia in the Hudson River Valley (Part 3)
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 28 This third and final installment of Asia in the Hudson River Valley brings...
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Chinese Landscape in the Berkshires
Mabel Choate spent one month in Beijing in 1935. She brought home porcelains, lacquers, stone sculptures, snuff bottles, paintings, and...
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David Hockney on Inspiration, Looking Forward, and China
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 25 A friend recently blogged her reaction to a short YouTube video of famed...
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Chen Art Gallery: Hiding in Plain Sight
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 23 Torrance, California is a short drive south of Los Angeles. As you cruise...
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10,000 Li Along the Yangzi River
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 14 The New Year has arrived. It can be a time of new journeys and hopefully...
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Welcome 2023!
I stepped outside my front door at 5:45 a.m. this morning, January 1, 2023. Above me hundreds of stars, including the Big Dipper directly...
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The Entertaining Side of History
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 10 History is the inevitable result of the passage of time. History is...
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Peaches and Immortality
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 8 Autumn has arrived. A crispness is in the air. The days are getting shorter,...
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Zhou Lianggong: Confucian Scholar-Art Patron -Government Official-Literatus
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 1, Issue 37 China’s culture and civilization have long, complicated and comprehensive...
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