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Asian influence on Portuguese culture (Part II)

My last post on Asian influences on Portuguese food sparked off lots of comments, showing how viscerally important food culture can be to...

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Asian influence on Portuguese culture – Food

I recently had an interesting conversation with João Pimenta, bureau chief for the Portuguese Lusa News Agency who's lived in China for...

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From the curry puff to the digital and green transitions

Yesterday, June 10, was Portugal's national day and our Portuguese friends are enjoying a long weekend. The Portuguese ambassador to...

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Asian Influence in Portuguese Brazil

When I visited Minas Gerais in Brazil more than ten years ago, I made it a point to go to the city of Ouro Preto to check out some of the...

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The Codex Casanatense: first example of intellectual fusion between Asia and Europe?

The Codex Casanatense, or Códice Casanatense in Portuguese, is a set of 16th century Portuguese illustrations. Likely the work of an...

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So what? Why this history still matters today

Interesting as it may be, the influence that the Portuguese exerted in Asia so many centuries ago is often relegated to the introductory...