Isaiah Schrader 史逸軒

Late imperial Chinese history @harvard. Research @newshour. Words in @scmpnews. Opinions mine. Or Wang Yangming’s.

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In-and-out 一坐一忘 strikes again

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While many X-netizens are fixated on Starmer's walking positions, the Chinese internet is more curious about the menu and the restaurant where the UK prime minister had his first dinner in China.

Starmer went to a Yunnan restaurant known for its mushroom specialty and ordered the "celebrate Chinese New Year in advance" combo. Yunnan Province is well-known for its various types of mushrooms.

The UK PM received a traditional paper cut commemorating the year of the horse, and the hashtag "UK PM having Yunnan mushroom cuisine" has become a trending topic on Chinese social media.

This isn't the first time the Yunnan Restaurant has gained popularity on Chinese social media. Many Chinese internet users made fun of the fact that the restaurant served Jennet Yellen in 2023, saying things like, "American politicians may not know well about politics and economics, but they surly knows where to find the good food."

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Through the end of his life, Max was a source of boundless wisdom and sage advice to those of us who knew him. He doted on his family and loved to toast with slivovitz at holidays. We’ll miss him very much. https://t.co/i1rrOgugjb

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The great Max Frankel died today; a refugee from Nazi Germany who joined the New York Times and became its executive editor after covering Moscow and Washington. To me, he wasn’t just a brilliant journalist; he was Cousin Max, a fixture at our Seder table https://t.co/i1rrOgugjb

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Of course, my favorite stories came from Max’s trip to China with Nixon in 1972. He attended banquets with Mao, shook hands with Zhou Enlai, and won a Pulitzer for his reporting that week. He was one of the first Westerners to experience post-revolutionary China

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The younger brother of the last emperor of China lived through most of the Obama administration

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What are the craziest two people/things to coexist at the same time in history?

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I’m embarking on a quick trip to Hunan, guided by food and Mawangdui… anyone have recommendations for Changsha?

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Did I mention that the restaurant overlooks the Bund from the 56th story?

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I have been traveling around China for the past couple of weeks, guided (loosely) by historical and cultural sites, but also (mainly) by food. So, inspired by @fuchsiadunlop and other eloquent observers of Chinese gastronomy, I’ll start a thread of the best food I’m eating 1/

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The undisputed star of the show: fresh crab steamed on top of sticky rice, dipped in aromatic vinegar. The dish was served in a lacquer box with the image of 鼓浪屿, a famed island off the coast of Xiamen, where the dish originates