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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: Mao Zedong
Mo Yan, According to You — Part One
The disparaging of Mo Yan began before the Nobel Prize for Literature was announced on October 11 when rumor had it that Mo Yan was this year’s favorite. With the exception of the literarily versed, the criticism wasn’t based on … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Culture & Language, Current Events
Tagged Bei Ling, Chen Guangcheng, Cui Weiping, Dai Qing, Frankfurt Book Fair, Julia Lovell, Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, Mao Zedong, Mo Yan, Nobel Prize for Literature, O'Kane, Qin Hui, Talks at the Yen'an Forum on Literature and Art, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Xu Zhiyong
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Mao’s Great Famine couldn’t happen again (but June 4th could)
I recently finished reading Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe by Frank Dikötter, which outlines the full scope of horror that was the Great Leap Forward which in four years claimed 45 million lives. However, that … Continue reading
Posted in book review, Current Events
Tagged Bo Xilai, China, Frank Dikötter, Great Famine, Great Leap Forward, Hu Jintao, Mao, Mao Zedong
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Trading family for a washing machine – Are China’s poor really better off?
China’s rise has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, but has life really improved as much as that claim implies? As a recent study shows, life satisfaction in China has not increased over the past 20 years, which seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Life in China, Rural Life
Tagged Asia, China, Life expectancy, Mao, Mao Zedong, poverty, Rural area, Washing machine
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Seeing Red in China 