Napa cabbage when used as food. The Japanese name for this specific variety of cabbage is hakusai (), a Sino-Japanese reading of the Chinese name "báicài" (), literally "white vegetable". The Korean name for napa cabbage, baechu (), is a nativized word from the Sino-Korean reading, "baekchae", of the same Chinese character sets. Today in Mandarin Chinese, napa cabbage is known as dàbáicài (), literally "big white vegetable", as opposed to the "small white vegetable" that is known in English as bok choy. Outside of Asia, this vegetable is also referred to as Chinese cabbage. Regionally, it is also known as sui
Christine Choy Christine Choy Christine Choy (born 1952) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. Choy was born in Shanghai, China as Chai Ming Huei to a Chinese mother and a Korean father. For the most part, Choy was raised by her mother, because her father abandoned the family shortly after Choy's birth to return to his original home in South Korea. Growing up, the mother and daughter struggled financially. Following the Cultural Revolution, the family fled mainland China via Hong Kong. They moved to South Korea, where Choy was reunited with her father. During this time, Choy developed a strong appreciation for American