Tag: Tea

  • Memories of the colors of China

      The color that describes China best might be red. The flag of China is red with five yellow stars. But in southern China where I lived for ten years green was also dominate. Trees, grass and foliage were green all year because it didn’t freeze there.   Imagine a country so different and so…

  • Foreign countries have traded with China

    Foreign countries have traded with China through the southern city of Canton (also called Guangzhou) for over 2000 years. You must travel northwest up the Pearl River from Hong Kong about four hours by boat or three hours by train to reach it. Even after living there ten years, I found that it was more…