Mao Zedong

For Nobel literature laureate, China is part of the past (AFP)

yahoo.com     4 hrs ago          

HONG KONG (AFP) - A friend of Gao Xingjian, the first and only Chinese writer to win the Nobel prize for literature, recently managed to find a pirated copy of his banned work at an underground Chinese bookstore. Gao's works...                

Art that 'resin'-ates with the masses

bigblog.com     14 hrs ago          

Art for the Masses at MOT Arts distills art by top contemporary Chinese artists into (relatively) affordable toys. From left to ri...                

Maoist threat: China’s role must be watched

asianage.com     13 hrs ago          

Nitish Sengupta It is one of the supreme ironies of our times that while China has virtually discarded and disowned Mao Zedong, a number of revolutionaries swearing by his name have mushroomed over large tracts of South Asia....                

CHINESE PROPAGANDA POSTERS

dreamers.com     13 hrs ago          

Album, tapa blanda, 22,4x34 cms, 240 pag. Italiano, español, portugues Autor: Taschen The communist superhero - Mao’s starring role in chinese propaganda art. Over 300 posters produced during the rule of Chairman Mao to promote...                

Tibetan writer, a rare outspoken voice against Beijing's policies, sues Chinese government

iht.com     23 hrs ago   16 related          

The poet Woeser has long been a rarity — a Tibetan living in China who doesn't flinch from publicly criticizing the Chinese government. After being repeatedly denied a passport for three years, the Beijing resident has sued the...                

Through the smoke, signs of progress in China's fight against tobacco

iht.com     yesterday   3 related          

A smartly dressed man carried a lighted cigarette into the elevator of an upscale apartment building here one recent morning, and something remarkable happened. "In China, you cannot drink, eat and socialize without a...                

Last Plane Account

istockanalyst.com     16 hrs ago   1 related          

I lived in South East Asia for most of the 1970's, working in the branch offices there for one of the large New York City banks. I was a 'line' officer. This meant that I was not in the back-office, but instead, I dealt with...                

Two dishes offer taste of real thing

enquirer.com     yesterday          

Hunan is in southern or central China - the argument over which still rages - and its food reflects the dichotomy. While stir-frying is certainly present in Hunan, methods such as braising and simmering also have produced some...                

Thanks to Olympics, Beijing gets its Eiffel Tower, of sorts

digg.com     yesterday   2 related          

By Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers Sun Jul 20, 6:00 AM ET BEIJING — London has Big Ben, Paris has the Eiffel Tower , San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge and now Beijing has an iconic structure that's likely to identify...                

eastcoastlife sees RED!! - WW

eastcoastlife.blogspot.com     yesterday          

Beijing Olympics 2008 is just round the corner. Excited? I am.Oh boy, was I glad to see red at Asian Civilisations Museum!“Seeing Red: Propaganda and Material Culture in China 1966 to 1976”Chairman MaoWhen I was in China,...                

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