In the dead of night in 1969, a man entered a paper factory in Southwest China. The factory hid banned books, arranged in mounds, waiting to be shredded into fine ribbons. But why should the books be destroyed and who gave the order? Chairman Mao Zedong officially ended the Cultural Revolution in 1969, but its …
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Surrender Translated by Julie O. from Chinese into English Surrender, cockroaches! When facing the brutal policemen Cast your gas masks Kneel down as undead insects Raise your claws still dripping gasoline So that the wrongdoers can relish their work For even if teargas canisters didn’t destroy your lungs You have to learn to inhale …
“Door” is an excerpt from a trilogy of novels set in Hong Kong. The novels span the 50 years between the regime change between Britain and China in 1997 and when Hong Kong becomes fully integrated into the Chinese Communist Party’s totalitarian state. This story is set in today’s Hong Kong Resistance which started in …
Remembering I.M. Pei When I heard that the internationally acclaimed modernist architect, I.M. Pei, died on May 16 at the age of 102, I lamented his passing and paused to reflect on where and when this immensely talented patrician Chinese-born American architect and I had crossed paths. Known affectionately by colleagues and friends as “I.M.,” …
I am reminded of the fact that there is a way and then there is The Way. The Way is the path the master takes. I have seen master printers at work, their habitus is a ritual, the smooth movement of muscle memory belying the hours and skill it takes to make a book by …
While the US is in the middle of a trade war with China, initiated by Trump in March, I remember fondly my amazing trip to China in November 1981, and I share some photos. At the time individual tourism was not yet allowed in China, but special interest groups were welcomed. So I joined the …
These last few days I’ve been thinking a lot about just how awful primates can be to each other. However, I was able to find a pair of monkeys who couldn’t be more different, expressing their fondness for one another. The blue-faced Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey comes from Southwest China while the long-nosed Proboscis Monkey lives on the island …
Today’s China is aggressively building a modern urban nation. It actively hires the best and most contemporary architects from around the world to create a new urban landscape that is a visual testimony to its economic prowess. Although still communist, the sleeping dragon has clearly awakened and gotten a firm hold on the engines of capitalism. …
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