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I'm currently reading Richard Burger's book Behind the Red Door: Sex in China. It is a very interesting look at a subject that is rarely discussed with expats (or anyone else).
Tag Archives: Deng Xiaoping
The Opposition Path and China’s Future
Mo Zhixu (莫之许) is a leading dissident intellectual based in Beijing. The original is published in a recent issue of iSunAffair Weekly as The Death and Life of China’s Dissent and Opposition Movements and in his blog. We recently translated … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, CCP, China, communist China, Deng Xiaoping, Mo Zhixu, Wang Dan, Wang Youcai, Wei Jingsheng
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Xi’s Empty Words Harm the Nation
(Tom is unable to post his piece at the moment. Yaxue substitutes.) Xi Jinping created quite a stir with his recent trip to Guangdong province, which has been seen by many as a demonstration of his determination to continue with … Continue reading
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Tagged corruption, Deng Xiaoping, Guangdong, property declaration by officials, Wang Yang, Xi Jinping, Yu Zhengsheng
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Mo Yan, According to You — Part Two
In the first part of this long post, I took a closer look at Mo Ya’s political choices and explained why many Chinese find him objectionable as a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. At the end, I asked … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Culture & Language, Current Events
Tagged China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chinese Writers' Association, CWA, Deng Xiaoping, hallucinatory realism, land reform, Li Changchun, Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out, Liu Xiaobo, Mo Yan, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize for Literature, Red Sorghum, Zhang Yimou
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Seeing Red in China 