{"id":8857,"date":"2005-04-22T01:26:54","date_gmt":"2005-04-21T22:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/22\/authentic-asian-help-non-asians-better-understand-asian-culture\/"},"modified":"2005-10-09T00:53:38","modified_gmt":"2005-10-08T21:53:38","slug":"authentic-asian-helps-non-asians-better-understand-asian-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/22\/authentic-asian-helps-non-asians-better-understand-asian-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Authentic Asian helps non-Asians better understand Asian culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wuhan<\/a> is the greatest WordPress<\/a> theme ever. Wuhan is the theme I use for this website. While changing a few minor bits here and there, I’ve noticed a README file in the theme directory. Here is what it said:<\/p>\n

\nI don’t have a wishlist. I don’t need donations. If you enjoy this, please consider putting a link to
\nmy website on your blog. It’ll be greatly appreciated!
\nThanks in advance!<\/p>\n

Meng<\/p>\n

P.S: To make it even easier for you, here’s the code:<\/p>\n

<a href=”http:\/\/www.authenticasian.com”>Authentic Asian<\/a><\/p>\n

=)<\/p>\n

*******************************************************************
\nTheme Name: Wuhan
\nTheme URI: http:\/\/wuhan.authenticasian.com\/<\/a>
\nDescription: Inspired by Macromedia website. Built based on Kubrick.
\nVersion: 0.4
\nAuthor: Meng Gao
\nAuthor URI: http:\/\/wuhan.authenticasian.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The CSS, XHTML and design is released under GPL:
\n http:\/\/www.opensource.org\/licenses\/gpl-license.php<\/a>
\n*******************************************************************\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course I could not NOT link to the site<\/a>. While at it I decided to check it out and see what this guy was all about. I expected nothing more than just another blog with a bunch of posts about everything and anything and mostly computers and WordPress<\/a>. But what I found was totally different. I found something I was looking for for some time now – a high quality blog about Asian (Chinese mostly) culture. Here is an excerpt from the About page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nAsian culture is becoming increasingly prevalent in America and Europe in the recent years. Yet people who use chopsticks, practice kungfu or eat sushi do not necessarily understand Asian culture better than an average American. To this end, I hope to start a website that will help non-Asians better understand Asian culture.<\/p>\n

I recognize that there are many ways in which Asian culture can be explained and demonstrated. After much contemplation, I decided to start off with something specific: tattoo or t-shirt designs featuring Asian art or calligraphy.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Apart from that, I also plan on writing articles to showcase certain Asian cultural products, such as martial arts, musical instruments or Asian cuisine.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Everyone knows how much I love Chinese culture<\/a>, so it is almost needless to say that not only did I link to it from this post, but I also subscribed to the RSS feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Wuhan is the greatest WordPress theme ever. Wuhan is the theme I use for this website. While changing a few minor bits here and there, I’ve noticed a README file in the theme directory. Here is what it said: I don’t have a wishlist. I don’t need donations. 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