Lawrence Zhang 張樂翔 (@historianzhang) 's Twitter Profile
Lawrence Zhang 張樂翔

@historianzhang

Historian of #China. #Tea addict. My book on government sale of jobs in Qing China: hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is…

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A friend had to have emergency surgery a few years ago, ambulance and all. It cost about $50 USD for the whole thing. Would've been at least $50k in the US

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Should've started with the water. Cheapest and most effective thing to upgrade, just like for tea. Teaware (or coffeeware) is relatively poor value for money

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Just drove my wife to work. Yeah, extremely treacherous out there. Multiple spots along the way flooded. Don't go out if you don't have to

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When I'm in mainland China in a conference hotel my favourite thing is turning on the tv to see some of the completely unhinged dating shows

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Waterwatergate! Wow, seems the company which won the water supply contract could actually be a shell company with no links to the mainland water brand itself. It's a typically convoluted story but this is just my impression so far of what's gone on: The government awarded a $52

Waterwatergate! Wow, seems the company which won the water supply contract could actually be a shell company with no links to the mainland water brand itself. It's a typically convoluted story but this is just my impression so far of what's gone on:
The government awarded a $52