Gaoheng Zhang

Gaoheng Zhang, associate professor of Italian studies who researches China–Italy cultural exchanges. He traces the surprising pairings of Italian dumplings and Chinese pizzas. He maps how restaurants, students, media, and migration reshaped food scenes. He outlines transcultural movements, stereotypes, and future work on architecture and memorials.

Gao Hang, associate professor of Italian studies at UBC who researches China–Italy cultural exchanges, discusses food mobilities and surprising crossovers like Chinese pizzas and Italian dumplings. He traces Chinese restaurants in Italy, media shaping perceptions, shifts after SARS, students’ culinary entrepreneurship, and how transcultural practices reshape taste and identity.

Gaoheng Zhang, associate professor of Italian studies at UBC who researches China–Italy cultural exchanges. He discusses transcultural food mobilities, the surprising pairings of Italian dumplings and Chinese pizzas, and how migration, media, and tourism reshape culinary identities. He also traces Chinese migrant restaurants in Italy, post‑SARS shifts, and evolving tourist food repertoires.