writer & thinker
In case you missed it, here are my stories from Season 3 of ABC TV’s China Tonight.
This one on languages other than Mandarin was so much fun to write and shoot with the marvellous Annie Louey.
And this one on mental health and involuntary treatment, featuring Dr George Hu (SIMHA), Peng Yanzi (LGBT Rights Advocacy China) and Qin Xiaojie (CandleX).
Thanks so much to the team as always and especially all my sources. You can watch full episodes on ABC iview, or via YouTube.
I grew up thinking there were seven fundamental flavours: suān, tián, kǔ, là, xián, xiān, má. The first five translate easily – sour, sweet, bitter, hot, salty – but the other two don’t own a home on the English tongue. It was a shock to realise that something as material as flavour could be coloured and even erased by language. But eating has many dimensions beyond what happens in your mouth, as Sam van Zweden chronicles in this thoughtful debut, Eating with My Mouth Open.
– Eating with My Mouth Open | The Saturday Paper
Jinghua Qian 