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Digitalising Death: The Cyberspace is a New Graveyard
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Learn about digital graveyards and what it tells about East Asian societies. … -
Bamboo Scaffolding: Bamboo Poles, Green Netting
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The use of bamboo scaffolding offers a peek inside Hong Kong’s economic development and religious landscape. … -
Bamboo Steam: From Kitchenware to Cultural Icon
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Bamboo steamers have been in use in East Asian kitchens for the past 2,000 years, and for good reasons. … -
A Tale of Two Covers — How the Manchurian Plague of 1910 – 11 Contributed to the Global History of Medical Equipment
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Masks have never been more symbolic and integral to global public health. In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent full-fledged pandemic caused demands for masks (especially N95 and surgical masks) across the world to rise to unprecedented levels. … -
Onggi Crocks: From Onggi Crocks to Kimchi Refrigerators
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The transformation from onggi crocks to kimchi refrigerators epitomises the Korean culinary culture and some of its socio-culture changes. … -
Round Tables in China: How Round Tables Made Their Way into Chinese Dining Halls
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Now a Chinese restaurant staple, round tables were used for dining in China only since the Qing dynasty. Behind this fact are important shifts in sociocultural norms. … -
Granary: Sticky Rice and He Granaries in Guizhou
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What is he, and why does it hold a special place in people’s heart in Guizhou’s minority communities. … -
Shanzhai Innovation: Shenzhen Henzhen’s Spaces of “High-Tech” Production
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Inside Huangqiangbei, the centre of electronics retail in Shenzhen, China, innovation takes an unexpected form. … -
Covid Testing and Mask Wearing: Rebuilding Everyday Life — China’s Routinized Epidemic Prevention and Control
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Everyday life in China’s post-epidemic era is restructured through routinized epidemic control. …