Monthly Archives: 11 月 2014

Zeng Jinyan:Three Words At An Airport

(By Zeng Jinyan)

Nostalgia
A foreign word pronounced by
the old man
sitting at the corner of the airport
He leaves the respected hometown
searching for a permanent place
called Nostalgia

In melancholia
the young woman drinks a cup of Vanilla
looking at the stranger’s lips
tell me your destination
My destiny?
The man shakes his head
Melancholia is your destiny

Voluptuary
He closes his eyes
Seeing bodies
twisted
for the joy of death
or for the pain of love
The flight boards
to Paris

November 4, 2014

The Poetry and Brief Life of a Foxconn Worker

Taiwanese manufacturing contractor Foxconn—a firm responsible for assembling as much as 40% of global consumer electronics products—has received international infamy Continue reading

Taiwan journalists feel pressure as elections approach

taiwan.blog.11.3.AFPActivists rally outside parliament in support of students occupying the building to protest a trade pact with China in Taipei on March 21, 2014. (AFP/Mandy Cheng)

Political tensions are rising in Continue reading

Guo Jian on his Tiananmen Square stand: ‘I’m so proud of what I did’

The Chinese-born Australian artist on the day he was detained and later deported from Beijing for daring to make art about China today

Guo Jian

• Guo Jian: detained for refusing to abide by mass amnesia of Tiananmen Continue reading

PEN American Center Presents: An Evening with PEN Myanmar

Wednesday, November 05, 2014, 6:30pm

Asia Society 725 Park Ave., New York, NY 10021

At this pivotal time for creative expression in Myanmar, join us for an evening of readings and conversation with preeminent writers from Myanmar on a rare Continue reading

Harper urged to press China for release of jailed pro-democracy advocate

BY MIKE BLANCHFIELD, THE CANADIAN PRESS ON OCTOBER 31, 2014.

OTTAWA – It was business as usual Friday at the prime minister’s Langevin Block office, where Stephen Harper smiled and chatted with the Chinese ambassador to Canada before confirming plans for his third official visit to China next week. Continue reading