Wing Mui TSOI speaking at PEN International 82nd Congress held in Ourense, Spain, on 28 September, 2016
There once was a famous saying in Hong Kong: A border separates Hong Kong from Mainland China. On both sides of this border are the same people with the same cultural tradition and they belong to same race. But there is a key difference: People on one side can criticize anyone but their government while people on the other side can criticize anyone but their wives. Continue reading
Tsoi Wing-Mui: Causeway Bay Bookstore Incident and Hong Kong’s Press Freedom已关闭评论
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Tsoi Wing-mui, author of a new book, The Secret Emotional Life of Zhou Enlai, points to a photo in December of last year of a young Zhou Enlai and a schoolmate. Photo: Reuters
The romance between Gu Hai (顧海) and Bai Luoyin (白洛因), two handsome gay senior high school students from the Web series Addiction (上癮), has caused a sensation in both China and Taiwan. Continue reading
Taipei Watcher: China’s censorship on homosexuality disappoints已关闭评论
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By MICHAEL FORSYTHE
Zhou Enlai, the first premier of the People’s Republic of China, in 1973. A new book offers a radical reinterpretation of Zhou’s life: He was probably gay. Credit Sovfoto/Universal Images Group, via Getty Images
HONG KONG — He was a towering figure of the 20th century, instrumental in building the Chinese Communist Party from the battlefield to the halls of power. He worked alongside Mao Zedong for decades, and was revered for his rich intellect and even temperament. Continue reading
Book Says Zhou Enlai, Chinese Premier, May Have Been Gay已关闭评论
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By Juliana Liu Hong Kong correspondent, BBC News
Tsoi Wing-mui argues that Li Fujing (left) and Zhou (right) were more than just close friends
Handsome and urbane, Zhou Enlai presented a modern, progressive face of China at home and abroad during more than 25 years as the country’s first premier. Continue reading
Zhou Enlai: Was Communist China’s first premier gay?已关闭评论
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