A recent panel presentation about Chinese Canadians by Tony Chan, Professor of Communications at University of Ontario Institute of Institute, and Ling Zhang, an award-winning novelist, was held recently at Cheng Yu Tang East Asian Library, University of Toronto. Dr. Helen Wu was the discussant.
More than 60 people from the community and [...]
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Chinese New Year begins on Sunday, February 14. It will be 庚寅年 gengyin year. More commonly it will be referred to as the Year of the Tiger. Here are Jerry King’s predictions for the Year of the Tiger from the Yijing (易經) Hexagrams (卦).
There are [...]
It’s a truism that Cuban food relies on black bean and rice. But there’s more to just that staple to gladden the palate and heighten the senses. At the Barcelo Solymar (meaning Sun and Sea) Resort in Varadero, one of the five restaurants available to guests is its Cuban Grill known as Sol y Arena [...]
The chart above represents the first day of the Chinese New Year and the dominating theme of the year. By looking at the chart itself, the Year Pillar, Metal is fighting with the Tiger which is predominantly wood with fire and earth. The Yin Wood (乙) self is surrounded heavily by wealth elements, in [...]
The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Mrs Rita Lau, met Ms Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Mr Bruce Lee, recently in Hong Kong to exchange views on the planned restoration of Bruce Lee’s Residence in Kowloon Tong and on opportunities for co-operation in the project.
Ms [...]
The Kowloon-Canton Railway trains arriving into the University stop in the New Territories always seem to be like bulls entering casually from a corner stall into the ring. It is as if time has taken a breather. People stop and wait while adjusting their head phones. They look absentminded. They stare at the white mist [...]
When Hung-Min Chiang left the island of Taiwan in the 1960s, he never reckoned that he’d spend the next forty years of his life on a Canadian island named after an English prince. But that’s what he did in 1967 when he and his wife, Mei-Chih arrived in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
As someone from [...]
Mei-Chih Chiang came to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, with her husband and three small daughters in 1967. They put down roots in the province and Mei-Chih established a kindergarten that was considered the best in PEI.
The secret of Mei-Chih’s success was music. She related to the children with music and used music for [...]
I came to Canada after completing my elementary school in Beijing about 10 years ago. While the openness and extent of freedom in Canada had impacted me tremendously, I still consider myself to be a Chinese valuing the thoughts of Confucius (孔子), who is an advocate of moderation and balance in all situation. [...]
Little did I realize when our son Jeffrey married Sharon Szmuilowicz last August