Tag: Chinese

How to Make Homemade Dumplings for Lunar New Year—or Any Day

February 3, 2021
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In many Chinese homes, dumplings are a traditional, must-have dish to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the most important holiday of the year. Families get together on New Year’s Eve to roll, fill, and wrap a feast’s worth of the plump, ingot-shaped parcels, an auspicious—and delicious—way to ring in the coming year. Across China, the…

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After the Exit of Confucius Institutes, Taiwan Can Help

January 28, 2021
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Commentary The U.S. State Department announced last August that Confucius Institutes established by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the United States after 2004 would be required to register as foreign missions. Then in October, Mike Pompeo, secretary of state at the time, said he was hopeful that all Confucius Institutes on U.S. campuses would…

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Egg Drop Soup, Simple and Satisfying

January 19, 2021
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Egg drop soup, or dan hua tang—literally “egg flower soup”—is a Chinese home cooking staple. It’s simple, quick, and comforting, especially as the weather turns colder. The “flower” refers to the soup’s characteristic soft, wispy ribbons of egg, formed by slowly pouring in beaten eggs near the end of the cooking process. They add color…

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