WildChina Book Club: Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder
(Event #94)

For our December book club, we are reading Inspector Chen And The Private Kitchen Murder in preparation for our chat with the author, Qiu Xiaolong. This captivating story of mystery and intrigue follows the exploits of former chief inspector, Chen Cao. As a string of crimes ravages Shanghai's bustling cityscape, Chen is called to investigate an alleged murder in a hidden kitchen. RSVP now to join us for the live event.

December 15th 6pm PT (USA) / 9pm ET (USA)

December 16th, 10am China time

Ever wondered about the artists behind Harbin’s Ice and Snow Festival? Meet Li Changkun, Harbin native and carpenter turned master ice sculptor. Every year, the dedicated hands of craftsmen like him construct towering frozen castles and sprawling cities of snow.

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Episode 17:
Conservation and Rock Climbing in China

On our seventeenth episode of The China Travel Podcast, WildChina founder, Mei Zhang and WildChina's Kendra Tombolato sit down with accomplished conservationist and climber, Bob Moseley, for a discussion on outdoor recreation and its ability to bring people closer to nature.

We learn about Bob’s work with The Nature Conservancy in China and how climbing has grown in popularity since he first arrived over twenty years ago.

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With International Tea Day approaching this upcoming week (December 15th), we have prepared an exposition of the four distinct Chinese tea regions: Jiangbei, Jiangnan, Huanan, and Xinan.

From fermented Pu'er cha to the coveted leaves of the Da Hongpao trees, China features a diversity of flavors and drinking customs. Tea enthusiasts have countless choices for places to savor this drink in its native environment.

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"Tibetan itself is not actually a single language— it has three major branches, which locals call “dialects”: 卫藏Weizang dialect (Lhasa dialect), 康Kangba dialect (Dege dialect, Qamdo dialect), and 安多Amdo dialect (Qinghai Tibetan region).

1️⃣卫藏Lhasa Tibetan is the most widely spoken Tibetic languages. It is the official language of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.
2️⃣康Khams Tibetan is spoken by the majority of the people in the eastern part of Tibet Autonomous Region. Khams Tibetan is not mutually intelligible with other Tibetic languages.
3️⃣安多The Amdolese language is spoken mainly in Qinghai and some parts of Sichuan and Gansu.

These three languages share a common written script but their spoken pronunciations, vocabularies and grammars are different. These differences may have emerged due to geographical isolation. "

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