Top 5 Chinese restaurants in Chicago

Feb. 3, 2011
photo of mapo tofu from Lao Sze Chuan by Joseph StorchThe Year of the Rabbit is here, and while I have a thing about consuming the actual animal (you try to digest 10 courses on Iron Chef), I have no problem sharing some of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Chicago.

Something You Should Eat: Liquid custard bao from Triple Crown

Feb. 1, 2011
With the Year of the Rabbit upon us this Thursday night, I figured many of you will be making the trek down to Chinatown, so here's another dessert option, which absolutely beats the industrially-made fortune cookie.

Chinatown closer to new field house, library

Jan. 21, 2011
Chinatown residents are inching closer to winning some city resources that they’ve lobbied for during the last several years. Chicago’s City Council allocated funding in September for a new field house to replace one that was torn down nearly 50 years ago.

Children of prison inmates face discrimination in China

Jan. 12, 2011
Reports from the United Nations suggest there’s widespread abuse going on in Chinese prisons. The children of inmates are also often mistreated. They’re shunned by society and they fall through the cracks of China’s welfare system.

Chinese Presidential visit may lead to improved relations between the U.S. and China

Jan. 12, 2011
Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to travel to the U.S. next week for the first state visit by a Chinese president since 1997. It’s been called by some the most important visit by a Chinese official in the past 30 years.Earlier this week in China, President Hu met with U.S.