Shanghai people’s inward-looking attitudes are costing the city its status as a global cultural center equal to the likes of Paris, New York or Beijing, said Yu Qiuyu(‰ΩôÁßãÈõ®), a well-known Chinese scholar….
Yu, a native of Yuyao, in east China’s Zhejiang Province, is a writer of prose and art theory. A regular guest of TV talk shows, he lectures in a number of Chinese universities and travels from place to place to comment on and analyze Chinese culture. His Chinese language literary works regularly make the best seller lists….[Full Text]