Beyond "Warring States" Classical accounts of the "Warring States" period are offered as reference points in a framework for contemporary statecraft Shanghai's Forgotten Maestro Western classical music in China won a wider audience a century ago with an orchestra in Shanghai and an Italian pioneer Mo Yan in the Classroom Will the works of China's 2012 Nobel laureate be met with reluctant or receptive readers as a school resource? White Deer Plain A film based on Chen Zhongshi's acclaimed novel about feuding families in Shanxi just after the downfall of the Qing Dynasty
We Luo Yijun's series of semi-autobiographical stories are each punctured with a dose of surrealism
Look Again Apparatchik kitsch in China isn't just in vogue because of consumerist forces, but because the objects are valued as symbols of protest Rewind the Red Wheel Jin Yan examines the Soviet Communist Party through the writings of Russian intellectuals Passion for Porcelain Made-in-China was once a coveted term for products, associated with the highest quality craftsmanship The British Petitioner An East India Company merchant not only failed to impress Emperor Qianlong by attempting to make a direct appeal to imperial courts, but spent three years in a prison cell for speaking up
Nova Heart Nova Heart's debut EP "Beautiful Boys" features avant-rock melodies Penguin Unbound Penguin Group CEO John Makinson says the company's destiny lies in a combination of expanding in digital publishing and emerging markets Beijing Bastards Legendary rebel rocker Cui Jian starts in this drama film set in the underground music scene of early 90's Beijing Tocqueville in China China's leadership is fascinated by the French thinker's writings because of what his observations say about conditions in their times Changing China One Page at a Time Wang Qixian left the world of standard office jobs for the less lucrative publishing industry, but he believes the new ideas delivered by books are good for the country Back Against the Wall "Bending Spines" explores how the nature of propaganda in a totalitarian context can override the popular desire for a stronger national psyche
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