From The New York Times: NANJING, China, July 17 – The captivating tale of Zheng He, a Chinese eunuch who explored the Pacific and Indian Oceans with a mighty armada almost a century before Columbus discovered America, has long languished as a tantalizing footnote in China’s imperial history. Zheng He (pronounced jung huh) fell into […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: As China races toward a more market-driven economy, it is building new theaters, concert halls and museums nearly as fast as it is erecting Western-style shopping malls, hotels and business complexes. But the government is also decentralizing control of the arts industry, cutting the full subsidies long provided to companies […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Chieng’s first novel, “A Long Stay in a Distant Land,” is a generous family saga disguised as a tight coming-of-age story. That coming-of-age belongs to Louis Lum, a couple of years out of college but still adrift. Louis, a fact checker at a hot-rod magazine (who knew such an occupation […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: China’s low wages and hunger for exports have already changed many industries, from furniture to underwear. The art world, at least art for the masses, seems to be next, and is emerging as a miniature case study of China’s successful expansion in a long list of small and obscure industries […]
Read MoreFrom Yahoo News: JINSHA, China (AFP) – Day after sweltering day on the banks of the Modi stream, archeologists are dealing shattering blows to traditional views of Chinese history as they work their way through the parched, yellow earth. One of the world’s great cities once flourished here at Jinsha village in China’s southwest, the […]
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