With California governator Arnold Schwarzenegger coming over to China to "research railroad technologies," historians have mused about the irony of the Chinese helping California build its transportation once again. Andrew Leonard at Salon has put together a great little retrospective on reports from the mid-1800s and news analysis now. As he points out, say what you want, but he personally "feels a lot happier taking Chinese financing and know-how instead of human lives." more ›

It wasn't until we read this interview in Salon with Jennifer 8. Lee (and that's not a typo, folks), New York Times journalist and author of the book The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food, that we suddenly realized that it has been forever since we've had beef with broccoli or General Tso's chicken. We think it's because we haven't made room in our ordering agenda given the unbelievable amount of variety and selection in Shanghai in terms of Chinese food. The interview definitely wants to make us read the book as a way to cross-check and validate our experiences as a Chinese-American raised on American-Chinese food (go Panda Express!). more ›