This book is like an Open House of all of the benevolent and family associations in Victoria’s Chinatown, the oldest in Canada.
We are introduced to each of the Chinatown societies and to their purposes; all accompanied by many photographs, some never before published, their histories both in English and Chinese languages.
The founding of the societies [...]
HSBC or the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation is one of the largest and leading banks in the world. HSBC’s headquarters is hard to miss, being located in the heart of the Central District on the Hong Kong side. Completed in 1985 at a cost of close to $US 5 billion, the building has [...]
Saturday, October 17, marks a new milestone in Canadian broadcast history with the world television premiere of Once Upon a Time in Toronto on OMNI channels in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. This 20-part drama series in Mandarin with English and Chinese subtitles, is the first-ever mutually supported production between Canadian and Chinese companies. [...]
Meiling Cao has provided us with a recipe for another delicious dish. And it is vegetarian too!
Combine and heat the following in a saucepan:
1 cup of water
2 pieces star anise spice