James Liu covers Chinese and East Asian cuisine for WokFeed. A food anthropologist turned journalist, he specializes in the regional diversity of Chinese cooking — from Sichuan's fiery flavors to Cantonese dim sum culture. Based between Hong Kong and San Francisco.
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