#MBWOTD Today's Mandarin beer word of the day is 欢乐时光 huānlè shíguāng. This is Chinese for 'happy hour'.

劳动节快乐！ Láodòng jié kuàilè! Happy International Workers Day!

#MBWOTD Today's Mandarin beer word of the day is 饮料 yǐnliào. This is Chinese for 'drinks'.

#MBWOTD Today's Mandarin beer word of the day is 喝啤酒 hē píjiǔ. This is Chinese for 'drink beer'.

#MBWOTD Today's Mandarin beer word of the day is 酒劲 jiǔjìn. This is Chinese for 'drinkability'.

#MBWOTD Today's Mandarin beer word of the day is 季节啤酒 jìjié píjiǔ. This is Chinese for 'saison'.

啤酒节快乐！ Jìjié píjiǔ jié kuàilè! Happy Saison Day!

What doesn’t get old: this city, these buildings, and Deco after Dark. Magical!

Dinner atop a heat “kang” bed turned into a temporary dining table with heated coals below, Peking, 1937, by John Dorsett

1930s Shanghai street scene showing a public bus with an advertisement for 'Golden Dragon' cigarettes by Nanyang Brothers.

The ice cream from this store is many people’s choice of souvenir when they visit Macao!

Lai Kei Ice Cream Store in Macao (Lai Kei Sorvetes in Portuguese) is known for its unique and traditional style of making ice cream. It was established in 1933 and moved to the current

Today in Nanhui (南汇), a town in the far southeast of Shanghai.

The outline of the old city center (and streets named after gates) still exists on the map, but we could find no sign of old city walls anymore.

Finally! On May 12, we’re getting a look inside the bevy of historic buildings at the Shanghai Music Conservatory: Edward Ezra’s palatial mansion (1), a German businessman’s castle (2 &3), the Jewish Club, and more! For details and to book:

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It's Saturday night in Beijing which means we are getting fucked up on potions and elixirs

My 3 student tourism class spent way too long making a Nanning weekend itinerary based around “Food Temples Beer” for tororo
If you’d like the full 16 pg itinerary let me know

Back briefly to make a big, surprise announcement: Pairing Beer & Chocolate is now a book, and it’s available today on Amazon! I put a lot of work into expanding my popular zine of the same title, and I’m super proud of the result. amzn.to/3UAoRNq

Shanghai’s the city of the future, but we still make our brooms the old-fashioned way. Wulumuqi Lu. #shanghai

#MBWOTD Today's Mandarin beer word of the day is 新西兰啤酒花 Xīnxīlán píjiǔhuā. This is Chinese for 'New Zealand hops'.

Two photographs: A curious crowd looking through a window at foreigners (some children frightened by the camera), Hebei, 1938

CAPTION ON PHOTOGRAPH: Looking at the first Englishman seen in the village.

Lindsay, Michael Collection

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#MBWOTD Today's Mandarin beer word of the day is 澳洲起泡艾尔 àozhōu qǐpào àiěr. This is Chinese for 'Australian sparkling ale'.