March 5, 2014 9:42 PM
Culture & the Arts
Hong Kong Publisher Held on Mainland China
Hong Kong-based publisher Yao Wentian (also known as Yiu Mantin) has been detained in China for three months, according to his family. Yao was preparing to publish a book by Yu Jie about Xi Jinping. The South China Morning Post reports: Yao Wentian, 73, the chief editor of Morning Bell Press, was taken into custody on October 27 after he was “lured” to Shenzhen on the pretence of delivering paint to a long-time friend, said a person who has spoken to Yao’s wife. ...January 28, 2014 10:59 PM
China Remodels an Ancient City; Ethnic Rift Widens
The ancient city of Kashgar, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, was a key trading point along the Silk Road and a cultural center for Central ...
Badiucao (巴丢草): China’s House of Cards
To welcome the opening of the CPPCC and the National People’s Congress annual sessions, Badiucao has re-imagined the popular Netflix series ...
March 2, 2014 11:54 PM
No ‘Touch of Sin’ At the Oscars
At Asia Society Jonathan Landreth explains how China prevented Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin from making it to the Oscars despite its popularity ...
March 2, 2014 6:41 PM
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