Question everything 切問而近思 – Confucius
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Isham Cook

The Chinese countryside is everywhere.

From dioramas to living museums and homestays.

Dorm rooms, examination hells, and four-year vacations.

One hundred years of coffee culture in the land of tea.

The surprising popularity of libraries in China.

A poisonous maiden, a Daoist sex cult, and a violent insurgency.

Thoughts on aversive racism in the American music industry.

The contradictions of China’s hospitality industry.

There is no more revealing window into Chinese culture than its restaurants.

Chinese culture from the perspective of a pedestrian.

What happens to music when the state gets its hands on it.