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I saw an interesting article from the Voice of America blog.
The post examines the interest among the youth of Hong Kong and their preferences for tea. Lam Kie Yuen, a man who has been in the tea business for five decades, is interviewed. His company began in Hong Kong in 1955 and recently expanded [...]

Wordstock - a writing conference in workshop format - was held at Portland’s beautiful convention center on Martin Luther King Boulevard. The first day, Friday, was planned with teachers in mind, offering small group sessions aimed specifically at teaching writing in the classroom setting. Sponsored by Borders Books and Starbucks Coffee, presenting workshops [...]

If the “foreign devils” were taxed, so were the merchants. By the late 1700’s, according to J.M. Scott,
Their minimum yearly payments for the privilege of being thus employed were calculated by Dr. Morrison, the East India Company’s interpreter, to be as follows: presents for the Emperor on his birthday and on other occasions–£56,000; presents direct [...]

Here’s another great article picked up through the New York Times but posted in the Taipai Times. Writer Carolyn Poirot was fortunate to get an interview with Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg who co -chaired the Fourth International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health this fall. The interview starts off with a bang.
“As [...]