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China

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    10 Best Handmade Chinese Noodle Restaurants in Los Angeles

    There are few things in life better than a bowl of authentic and properly-constructed handmade noodles. Even in the San Gabriel Valley, it's hard to come across a noodle place with the real thing, made by a seasoned chef trained in China. We've encountered some: Kam Hong Garden from Shanxi, Sweethom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Khia's "My Neck, My Back": Why This Song Sucks

    [Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Khia's "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)" History: "My Neck, My Back" was recorded in 2002. It's still mostly memorable for two lines: (1) "All you ladies pop t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    L.A.'s Idea of Taiwanese Food vs What Taiwanese People Really Eat

    Okay guys, let's start by saying that Taiwanese food is definitely not orange chicken or broccoli and beef. The Taiwanese grandmothers -- or "ah-mahs" -- of the San Gabriel Valley would shudder at that thought. And it's not the same thing as Chinese food -- no matter where you stand on the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Iranian-Americans in L.A. Protest China's Support of Iran, Erect Huge Mural Outside Chinese Consulate

    It's a strange week for Chinese-U.S. relations. We're welcoming Vice President Xi Jinping to Los Angeles day after tomorrow for a full city tour (including yacht ride and Lakers game) to strengthen L.A.'s business ties to the rich communist country. Similarly, on a national scale, President Obama i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    National Food Porn Day: Feb. 24

    ​We admit it: "National Food Porn Day" is not a real holiday. But on February 24th, it ought to be. That's the day the Art House Co-op hopes to create and document the world's largest simultaneous communal snack by staging a worldwide moment of food porn.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Should China Own the L.A. Subway?

    Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is getting desperate. His ambitious plan to squeeze 30 years of public-transit construction into a mere 10 -- by borrowing $10 billion or so from the federal government -- has been scoffed at and dismissed by Congressmembers for a few years now. But seeing as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Should China Buy The Dodgers?

    Baseball promotes Mao Zedong Thought​In the 1970s, the Chinese government issued a pamphlet declaring that baseball would "help build the (Communist) party" by promoting "the diligent study of Marxism, Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought."Since then, the Chinese haven't progressed very far on the fiel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Perhaps There's a Job Driving the Tram?

    Baseball promotes Mao Zedong Thought​In the 1970s, the Chinese government issued a pamphlet declaring that baseball would "help build the (Communist) party" by promoting "the diligent study of Marxism, Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought."Since then, the Chinese haven't progressed very far on the fiel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    L.A. County Sheriff's Car: Coming to a Wal-Mart (and Chinese Sweatshop) Near You

    Zev's BlogCharge this, China.​The kids were apparently getting tired of pushing around those frumpy old Ford Crown Victorias that used to epitomize the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. A few lucky deputies have since upgraded to the menacing, pitbullish Dodge Charger -- and so upgrade ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Q & A With Shanghai's Kelley Lee, Part 2: On Molecular Cocktails Craft Beer In China

    Kelley LeeLee Enjoying That Rare Home Cooked Meal​When we first spoke with L.A.-turned-Shanghai chef/restaurateur Kelley Lee, the 33-year-old was telling us about the more than half dozen American-style restaurants she's opened in China since moving there seven years ago. Not that it's all bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Q & A With Kelley Lee, Part 1: Moving to Shanghai, Menu as Nostalgia The Joy of In-N-Out

    Kelley LeeLee Cooking With Family On Her Recent Trip Back To California ​As 33-year-old Kelley Lee casually rattles off the eight "concepts" that she has opened over the past seven years -- "a diner, a café, a Mexican restaurant, the brewery-gastropub with several locations, an Italian place, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Chinese Authorities Crack Down on Hipsters at Beijing University, Try to "Counsel" Them Out of Hipsterism

    ​The Guardian reports that Peking University in Beijing, China, "has announced plans to screen all students and identify those with 'radical thoughts' or 'independent lifestyles'": Administrators at Peking University say their focus is on helping those with academic problems. But the institut ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    WHERE THE ELITE MEET FOR ART-SPEAK

    ​The Guardian reports that Peking University in Beijing, China, "has announced plans to screen all students and identify those with 'radical thoughts' or 'independent lifestyles'": Administrators at Peking University say their focus is on helping those with academic problems. But the institut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    New Video: ASKA "Almost There" (dir. Ariana Delawari)

    Desolate solo acoustic version of the already "Almost There" from Aska Matsumiya, Moonrats singer/keyboardist, L.A. Ladies Choir co-founder and collaborator with Spike Jones and Flea and David Scott Stone and now Ariana Delawari, whose own story leads from Kabul to L.A. to David Lynch's new label. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Our Man in Pyongyang: Our Intrepid Reporter Henry Rollins Ventures Into North Korea

    Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Use Your Noodle Part Two: Chinese Director Zhang Yimou's A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop

    In June, we wrote of the dazzling food prep scene in Chinese director Zhang Yimou's A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop (a re-make of the Coen Brothers' Blood Simple which will be released on September 3rd). In it, Li, a chef with a fondness for bare midriff tops, pink satin and the wife of his grouchy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

    -- Patt Saperstein eats hoppers and other Sri Lankan treats at Angeli Caffe's most recent Street Food Monday. [Eating L.A.] -- A visit to Izayoi in Little Tokyo, jack of all trades but master of none. [Exile Kiss] -- No fuss, good service, and solid food at Golden China Restaurant in Rowland Heigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Plate Spinnings: Listings From the Past Week

    Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Michael Ruhlman tells us Why Sandra Lee Is Not Evil Incarnate. [HuffPost Food] -- Gael Greene gets a racy TV show (maybe). [Variety] -- The James Beard Foundation's list of 13 Essential Baking Books. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Bob Dylan Banned in China Because of Bjork

    LiuzhouLaowai​The Guardian reports that Malibu-resident Bob Dylan has had to cut his Asian tour short because the Chinese government prevented him from playing in Beijing and Shanghai. According to the UK paper (quoting Hong Kong's South China Morning Post): Dylan's planned tour of east Asia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2010

    Secrets of the Silk Road

    LiuzhouLaowai​The Guardian reports that Malibu-resident Bob Dylan has had to cut his Asian tour short because the Chinese government prevented him from playing in Beijing and Shanghai. According to the UK paper (quoting Hong Kong's South China Morning Post): Dylan's planned tour of east Asia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2010

    WHO ORDERED THE MOO GOO GAI PAN?

    LiuzhouLaowai​The Guardian reports that Malibu-resident Bob Dylan has had to cut his Asian tour short because the Chinese government prevented him from playing in Beijing and Shanghai. According to the UK paper (quoting Hong Kong's South China Morning Post): Dylan's planned tour of east Asia ... More >>

  • LA Life

    December 24, 2009

    Chinese Girls and Fat Mexican Kids

    LiuzhouLaowai​The Guardian reports that Malibu-resident Bob Dylan has had to cut his Asian tour short because the Chinese government prevented him from playing in Beijing and Shanghai. According to the UK paper (quoting Hong Kong's South China Morning Post): Dylan's planned tour of east Asia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2009

    PLACENTA MEET YOU!

    LiuzhouLaowai​The Guardian reports that Malibu-resident Bob Dylan has had to cut his Asian tour short because the Chinese government prevented him from playing in Beijing and Shanghai. According to the UK paper (quoting Hong Kong's South China Morning Post): Dylan's planned tour of east Asia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Today in Photographs: August 28, 1939

    ​Longshoremen and their supporters who back China picket a labor arbitrator's ruling punishing dockers who refused to load scrap metal onto Japanese ships in San Pedro.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee's Actions Questioned

    Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two L.A.-based journalists who work for the Al Gore-founded Current TV channel, were greeted as heroes earlier this month when they arrived in Burbank after Bill Clinton arranged for their release from North Korean captivity. The Communist regime had charged the reporter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Pour Favor: Tea Exhibit at the Fowler Museum

    Most of us tend to think of tea as being calming, peaceful, quiet. Not Beatrice Hohenegger. For the past 10 years, the author of Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea from East to West (St. Martin's Press) has traveled the globe studying the rich, often troubling history of the stuff. She's been to the ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    Questions Still Surround Oliver Stone's W.

    Winner or loser? Original or borrowed? Investors or Chinese gangsters?

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2008

    Full Moon Cakes

    Winner or loser? Original or borrowed? Investors or Chinese gangsters?

  • Film+TV

    April 24, 2008

    Movie Reviews: Body of War, Four Minutes, Shotgun

    Plus, Baby Mama, Deception and other April 25 releases

  • Film+TV

    November 15, 2007

    Frontline: On Our Watch

    The sins of inaction

  • News

    July 26, 2007

    A Heavy Load

    The ports say they have a plan for cleaner, safer trucks. But do they have a plan for the truckers?

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Good Night and Good Luck

    A baker’s dozen of highlights from a year of meta-media madness

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    Good Night, and Good Luck

    A baker’s dozen of highlights from a year of meta-media madness

  • Film+TV

    July 21, 2005

    Feeding Boys, Ayaya

    A baker’s dozen of highlights from a year of meta-media madness

  • Art+Books

    July 7, 2005

    Female Trouble

    Lisa See on women’s friendship and the secret written language at the heart of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2005

    Chinese

    Lisa See on women’s friendship and the secret written language at the heart of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

  • Eat+Drink

    March 10, 2005

    The Big Pull

    Lisa See on women’s friendship and the secret written language at the heart of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

  • Stage

    March 10, 2005

    Crossings

    Lisa See on women’s friendship and the secret written language at the heart of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

  • Stage

    August 26, 2004

    Cold War

    Chay Yew’s A Winter People face December

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Port in a Storm

    Dealing with the polluting ways of world trade

  • Stage

    October 24, 2002

    A Bricklayer's Story

    The man who burned down the Reichstag

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Boy-Oh-Boy

    A burgeoning art movement or something

  • Eat+Drink

    June 22, 2000

    Supersize It!

    Bigger is better

  • Art+Books

    May 11, 2000

    It’s Chinatown

    Something new, something old

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    After Seattle

    Free-trade protests coming soon to a city near you

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Who Were Those Kids?

    And other questions about the meaning of Seattle answered here!

  • Stage

    June 3, 1999

    Father Knows Less

    A pair of musicals smoke out the patriarchy

  • Eat+Drink

    May 27, 1999

    Sheep Thrills

    In the spring, a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of lamb

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Next Time, It Might Kill You

    The coming flu pandemic

  • Film+TV

    June 25, 1998

    Disney's Asia Minor

    The studio paints by numbers

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