Zhou Haowen: How many Xiao Long Bao can you buy?

Original link: https://sehseh.substack.com/p/dd7

good afternoon,

Recently, there have been frequent “earthquakes” in the international political arena, especially with a sense of turmoil. If you feel too unhappy, you might as well put down the community, read the weekly newspaper or go out for a walk, let the sun wash away the depression!


【Taiwan】How many Xiao Long Bao can you buy?

Recently, global prices have skyrocketed, and all countries are very impressed. The grievances of the penguins in the aquarium not wanting to eat cheap feed have gone viral on the Internet, reflecting the helplessness of the public. Starting from the most distressing “food and beverage”, Commonwealth Magazine presents the price increase of Michelin’s affordable food with visual data. Overseas readers who like Taiwan can also use it as a reference for future travel and experience the power of inflation together.

In the face of rising prices and the impact of the epidemic, many catering industries will increase their prices in 2022. (Schematic / taken from Pixabay)

【China】Human Rights Work in Prisons

Taiwanese Li Mingzhe was detained by the CCP for five years. He finally returned to Taiwan in May this year. He shared what he saw and heard in this series of exclusive interviews. His wife Li Jingyu’s continuous pressure exerted its effect, not only helping her husband, but even supervising Chishan Prison also gives inmates their due rights, and it is admirable to promote human rights work in prison. It is very rare for the Li and his wife to publicly share the treatment of Chinese prisoners, especially political prisoners, and was specially selected for this week’s special article on China.

On May 10, Li Mingzhe (left) returned to Taiwan to hold a press conference, with his wife Li Jingyu on the right. (Photo by Cai Qinjie)

【Hong Kong】Wesley is gone

The legendary Hong Kong writer Ni Kuang passed away. His name and works are still unshakable classics in the Chinese world. From the 1960s to the 1990s, he led the creative development of multiple generations and fields, far exceeding the scope of science fiction literature. There are many memorial essays about Ni Kuang himself, but this one not only describes the writer’s life, but also presents his choices and the entire era that surrounded him in a three-dimensional manner. It was a very unrestrained era in Hong Kong, and now there is no longer such an environment of popularization, market frenzy, and freedom to overflow. Look back at Ni Kuang’s life and commemorate the crazy days.

In 2007, Ni Kuang gave a lecture at Shue Yan University. (Yuyu@Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0

【Herstory】The sound of spikes makes her happy

In 1943, the United States established the first “women’s baseball league”, although the original intention was to replace the men who were in short supply because of the battlefield, but they quickly proved that their love for baseball was no less than that of others. One of its founders, Maybelle Blair, 95, is one of them, and she still promotes women’s baseball and sports today, and is happy just stepping on her spikes. The story of their alliance formation is also vividly portrayed in the 1992 movie “Pink Alliance” .

【Birth of an idea】Quiet Cafe

Difficulties in communication may keep the hearing-impaired from entering the service industry. However, what if there was a way to get guests to order in sign language? Such is the case with Vietnam’s “Golden Viet Cafe”, a quiet and unique cafe that proves that hearing impairment may not necessarily be an employment problem with just a few tweaks to common practices. In addition to barrier-free facilities and barrier-free spaces, trying to create a “barrier-free workplace” is also a good idea worth emulating.

[Community Hot Discussion] Temporarily stop breathing… Exhibition

A recent exhibition at the Tainan Museum of Art unexpectedly attracted the attention of the whole of Taiwan due to protests by religious figures, among which “Zombies” was the most popular exhibit. Because of the popularity of Hong Kong zombie movies, this exhibition also awakens the childhood memories of many Taiwanese. On the other hand, the exhibition was originally created by French artists, which adds to the viewing pleasure from the perspective of the West imagining the East. Folklore scholars have analyzed the source of creativity in the exhibits in this article. After reading the article, they will be more interested in visiting the exhibition with their own eyes!

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A post shared by Tainan Art Museum ( @tnam .museum)

【My body, my relationship】The flow of life

When it comes to miscarriage in popular culture, extreme consternation is often indispensable. In addition to emphasizing the pain of losing a child, it is also accompanied by a review of external reasons. In fact, the probability of spontaneous abortion is actually as high as 30%. Many women have experienced it, but few people openly talk about the mundane nature of abortion. Instead, they make them think that they have done something wrong and internalize the society’s attitude towards motherhood. blame. This article candidly describes the physical and mental changes after miscarriage. Although there are disappointments and helplessness, it does not take life too much as it should be, but accepts the natural mechanism of the body. Very worth reading.

The probability of spontaneous abortion is actually as high as 30%, but the public rarely talks about it. (Schematic diagram / pakutaso)

【Good Works Collection Box】

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was attacked and killed on July 8, leaving Japanese society and the world with indescribable fear. Today, I especially want to share the book “Human Kindness”, which will be published in 2021. This book examines the theory of “human nature is inherently evil” from a large number of historical stories and research, and answers the author’s long steps. It will prove in the most powerful way that what we have The familiar “essence” of human selfishness and cruelty is likely to be completely wrong.

Although there will always be evil people occasionally, although many people will “do bad things with good intentions”, but in any case, the characteristics of selflessness, friendliness, and eagerness to help others are deeply imprinted in your genes. What human beings need to overcome most is not demonic Self, but believe that you and the people around you can be angels.

“Human Kindness” (published by The Times)

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