Monthly Archives: 5 月 2014

WHAT’S IN A PEN NAME?For John Wray, it’s an escape and a way to be courageous in writing.

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MAY 22, 2014

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Not long after my novel “Lowboy” was published, in March of 2009, I discovered in my Continue reading →

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Threats to Anonymous Sources Shake Chinese Journalism

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The weekly newspaper Southern Weekend (Nanfang Zhoumo) on display at a newsstand in Guangzhou, 2013.
Courts in the capital are mulling over what’s being described Continue reading →

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China hits activists with common-crime charges

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(Ng Han Guan/ Associated Press ) – In this photo taken Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Chinese dissident Hu Jia talks on his phone during a meeting at a restaurant in Beijing, China. In prosecuting the country’s political and social activists, an image-conscious Beijing is shifting its tactics. Continue reading →

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4 Things We Overlook About Tiananmen

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Posted: May 27, 2014 in Politics
In the lead up to the Tiananmen crackdown’s anniversary, there have been a lot of articles looking back on the event – some with new interesting angles, some just dusting off stories from five years ago. But in reading this stuff, I’ve noticed that some things tend to get overlooked or remembered in a skewed Continue reading →

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Sensitive Words: May Thirty-fifth and More

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As of May 27, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

Tiananmen: More keywords blocked in relation to the approaching anniversary of June 4th. Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:Servitude-A common mentality in China and India.

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / April 1, 2014 /

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Portrait of Chinese author Lu Xun, by Situ Qiao (1928). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

The great writer Lu Xun (1881-1936) has written many essays about the Chinese national character of nuxing (servitude). In particular, his essays “The True Story of Ah Q,” “Kongyiji,” Continue reading →

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THE INTERVIEW:Liao Yiwu, Exiled Chinese writer and poet

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When tanks rolled into Beijing on June 3, 1989 on the way to a bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square, Liao Yiwu was at home in Sichuan province. Shocked by news of the tragedy, in which hundreds died, he wrote a long poem that night, Continue reading →

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Mu Shiying: China’s Lost Modernist: New Translations and an Appreciation by Andrew David Field

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Field_Mu Shiying_v4a(pb)-op26 May 2014 — “Shanghai. A heaven built upon a hell!” These simple and striking words from Continue reading →

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