July 7: Asia’s Star-Crossed Love Festival
Tanabata vs Qixi: On July 7, Japan Celebrates a Chinese Love Story. China Waits Until August. Let Us Explain. Today,…
Summer Food in Asia: When the Heat Kills Your Appetite
Milan in July does something to the body. The heat hits, the appetite ghosts you, and suddenly the idea of…
Milan’s Latest Heatwave Actually Has a Name on the Chinese Calendar
Chinese Lunisolar Calendar and 24 Solar Terms Explained You know it is summer in Milan when the city starts doing…
Nippon Over Loreto: Milan Through the Lens of Tokyo
A viral Instagram project transforms NoLo, Via Padova and Piazzale Loreto into a Tokyo-style urban fantasy. How it all started…
Dragon Boat Festival: The Chinese Summer Tradition of Zongzi and Racing Boats
A guide to Duanwu Festival, one of China’s most symbolic celebrations, from sticky rice dumplings to dragon boats and the…
The Viral €20 Chinatown Milano Food Challenge
How to Do the TikTok €20 Street Food Challenge on Via Paolo Sarpi Like a Pro Milan may be better…
What’s Happening to Via Paolo Sarpi?
Behind the Scaffolding: How Via Paolo Sarpi’s Massive Social Housing Project is Redefining Milan’s Chinatown Walk down Via Paolo Sarpi…
8 Viral TikTok Asian Snacks You Can Actually Buy in Milan
Because watching people eat on your feed at 2 AM is no longer enough Let’s be honest: your TikTok For…
Chinese Cuisine ABC: Popular Chinese Vegetables Little Known in the West
Spinach, cucumber, carrot, broccoli: all perfectly respectable. But when it comes to veggies, Chinese cuisines offer much more exotic options…
Pop Mart’s LABUBU Takes Over Milan: The Viral Art Toy Meets the Winter Olympics
From Lisa’s Bag to the Streets of Milan: The LABUBU Craze and Pop Mart’s Winter Olympics Event It started on…