Yuen Chan

@yuenchan

"Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky" Was @xinwenxiaojie on the app formerly known as Twitter. Hongkonger, South Londoner. Teaching journalism at City St George's, University of London.

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Yuen Chan@yuenchan· 23d

How is this not a word?

Screencap of NYT Spelling Bee game a yellow hexagon with the letter "V" in the centre, surrounded by grey hexagons containing (in clockwise direction from directly atop the centre hexagon) the "I"; "N"; "T"; "A"; "G" and "L"
The word "invigilating" is spelled at the top of the image, above the hexagons.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Jun 28

Historic Hong Kong student publication announces it has ceased operation due the inability to recruit members to its editorial board. "Undergrad" was founded in 1952 by the Hong Kong University Students' Union.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Jun 18

Look, it's kind of mad TrentAA didn't get the call-up after Livramento's injury but I wasn't expecting to see him on stage in the West End instead! seriously though Marley Fenton was spectacular as Orpheus in Hadestown.

Curtain call with cast of Hadestown at London's Lyric Theatre.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Jun 14

I have a glut of homegrown pak choi, so I made veggie buns.

Blue rimmed enamel plate with two steamed buns, bun in front is in two halves, showing filling of chopped green cabbage, shitake and wood ear mushrooms and tofu.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Jun 6

With ALT txt. I looked up where this came from and it's Laura Kuenssberg telling us "how we got here" via manufacturing "genuine debate".

Black people are seven times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people, and five times more likely to be subjected to the use of force. There is a long, shameful and well-documented record of racism in the police, from the Stephen Lawrence murder back in the 1990s to an undercover Panorama last year that revealed those attitudes on display in a London police station even now.

There is a genuine political debate about whether recent efforts to right those wrongs in the police have gone too far.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· May 3

Me too!

A tray of 12 freshly baked bor lo bao (buns with a cookie crust topping)

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Apr 24

South London remembers 💜

An oblong billboard with white background and a purple symbol (denoting name used by Prince) in the centre. Written below is "10 years without U" followed by a purple heart. The board is in a bus shelter.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Apr 3

My annual spring mugwort (from the garden) machine balls with red bean filling. Packed and ready to gift. 世界大亂, 唯有阿某整(草)餅。

Three oblong takeaway containers with deep green round mochi balls in paper cupcake cases.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Mar 27

What fresh hell is this? Soup with pineapple!!!? Beijing-style? What is Shangsu??? I thought it might be 上素? But no, it has chicken. Stop this!

Three tins of soup on a supermarket shelf, one is labelled Beijing Style Soup with pineapple and vegetables, one is Shangsu Style Soup with cooked chicken and vegetables and one is Bihun Style Soup with noodles, vegetables and mushrooms. Each tin has a photo of questionable looking soup.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Mar 3

And it's a wrap for another New Year. May you find peace, equilibrium and the comfort of loved ones in the year ahead 🌸🌱

A glass bowl with round, white glutinous rice balls. Two are visible in the foreground, one on a white and blue china spoon.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Feb 22

So, I got this book last week and today I come across rice cooker discourse on Bluesky.

Cover of a book with a picture of a hand holding a white and blue china bowl containing cooked white rice, with an electric rice cooker in the background. The title of the book is Where there are Asians, there are rice cookers: how "National" went global via Hong Kong.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Feb 19

What should I name him?

Picture of a red horse plushie with a downturned mouth, standing behind a round box of candies.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Feb 13

Thank you @ericyhlai.bsky.social for a fascinating talk about the struggle for the rule of law in Hong Kong at @cityjournalism.bsky.social today.

A man wearing glasses standing in front of a projection screen in a lecture theatre. A hardback book is in the foreground.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Jan 29

Found this crumpled old Beijing bus ticket in a coat pocket. Must be around 20 years old!

A crumpled slip of paper, app 6.5cm x 2.5 cm. White with green border on top and bottom. Writing indicating it's a Beijing bus ticket, fare is 1 yuan.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Jan 23

Warming Friday night one-pot veg in fermented red bean curd, cos it's grey and chilly and the news is bad.

A round casserole pot containing pieces of sliced Napa cabbage, fried tofu puffs, shiitake mushrooms, woodear fungus, bean curd sticks, vermicelli, gingko nuts, lili stamens, carrots and dates.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Dec 31

Yes, but also ...

Picture of late Chinese CCP leader Jiang Zemin surrounded by cadres during an inspection tour. Jiang is wearing a white shirt and his signature high waisted grey trousers with a gold-buckled, black leather belt.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Dec 29

It's barely past Christmas, not even New Year. Easter Egg creep is particularly egg-regious this year.

Supermarket shelves filled with various chocolate eggs.

Supermarket shelves with various chocolate eggs.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Dec 26

Exactly this 👇

Screenshot of Sadiq Khan quote: “I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s and it wasn’t uncommon for me to hear people use the ‘P’ word to describe people like me, the ‘N’ word to describe black people and the ‘Y’ word to describe Jewish people,” he said.

“That had gone away. I hadn’t heard those words for 20-30 years. But in the last few years I’ve heard those words again. It is almost like the normalisation of bad words. And bad words lead to bad behaviour and criminal action.”

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Dec 17

Tabby and white cat spread out on radiator with front paw extended.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Nov 30

State-backed Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao has taken down an investigative report published on 28 Nov which cited industry sources saying building maintenance works effectively controlled by cartel, rife with corrupt practices in tender process, widespread cost and corner-cutting in materials.

Screenshot of a page of the Ta Kung Pao newspaper with picture of fire-hose on Wang Fung Court tower, bamboo scaffolder at work alongside Chinese text. Headline reads: Revealing dark dealings behind maintenance work scaffolding.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Nov 27

I was in Hong Kong very briefly a few weeks ago and spent an afternoon in Tai Po. It's a great place. Like any Hong Kong urban centre, it has its share of high rises. But also green spaces, two rivers running through it, a great market and a harbour. RIP and justice for the victims. 大埔是個好地方

A moored boat in the foreground on a peaceful river with a bank of trees behind. A stork stands on a raised covering of the boat, another bird stands on the side.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Nov 11

Recently spotted in Tai Po: Only when it is lost do you know what you most love. Only when it is no more do you know to lament.

Photo of Chinese characters in black written on a white wall: 失去先知最愛，到無先識感慨。

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Oct 10

Throwback Friday. So, I was reminded that this happened six years ago.

Screenshot of an FB post that reads: S is teaching her classmate, C Cantonese
C: Yeah, man
Teacher: why are you saying Yeah, man?
C: It means evening in Chinese

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Oct 9

What are the "five left-wing attacks" and which is the "single right-wing attack"?

screenshot of text that reads: From 1994 to July of this year, there were 495 right-wing terror attacks and plots, and 68 left-wing ones, according to data from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank.

But there have been five left-wing attacks this year, compared to one right-wing incident.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Oct 6

Homemade 猪仔餅 says "Hi!"

A moon cake cookie in the shape of a piglet

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Oct 6

Managed to get a good skin to filling ratio this year. Fam doesn't liked salted egg yolks in their moon cakes though 🤷‍♀️

A quarter of a cut moon cake showing lotus seed filling in soft pastry, held between thumb and finger. Another cut quarter behind it resting on white plate

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Oct 6

Happy Mid-Autumn festival to everyone celebrating 🌕🥮 但願人長久，千里共嬋娟

A small, round baked pastry (moon cake) on a china dish featuring a pair of painted rabbits.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Oct 3

They've edited it to take out husband's name but still describes her as married with two children before her professional accomplishments.

Screenshot of Sky News Headline and standfirst, reads:
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first (in big headline type), followed by:

Sarah Mullally, 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married with has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Sep 21

So much wrong with the world. And also mince pies in September 😞

Colorful boxes of mince pies stacked on a shop shelf. Has pictures of round shortcrust pastry pies, one split to show dried fruit filling. Writing says 6 Merry Mince Pies.

Yuen Chan@yuenchan· Sep 16

Clerkenwell, London.