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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: Zhang Yimou
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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Don’t read too much into the Olympics and other practical advice from Ai Weiwei
Today, we continue our ongoing series on Ai Weiwei’s book, Time and place. A World Without Honor By 2006 China had already tapped Zhang Yimou to direct the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. To Ai this was completely unacceptable, … Continue reading
Posted in book review
Tagged Ai Weiwei, China, Chinese culture, Cultural Revolution, Global Times, Weiwei, Yu Hua, Zhang Yimou
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Seeing Red in China 