Tag Archives: Yu Qiuyu

Stories of a changing Beijing

Old and new Beijing; rules on reconstruction; criticizing earthquake preparation and response; missionary activity; no photos of China from the air; Nat Geo on disasters; Interview with Xujun Eberlein.

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Yu Qiuyu on the hardships of reading

Yu Qiuyu (余秋雨) writes about trunks of books.

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Yu Qiuyu: why book reading is a waste

Yu Qiuyu (余秋雨) comments on National Reading Day (国家阅读日) and raises a ruckus.

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Chinese authors ranked by income, sort of

Chinese authors are ranked according to total sales multiplied by cover prices. Yu Qiuyu is on top with 14 million yuan in royalties.

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Yu Qiuyu on cross-cultural communication

A piece by Yu Qiuyu (余秋雨) adapted from a presentation given at August’s 2006 Cross-Cultural Communication Forum.

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Dreck, the new bestseller by your local party secretary

Li Dalun writes books, Yu Qiuyu gives advice on officials writing, and two columnists discuss the corruption involved in publishing officials’ works.

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Read returns, in print and online

Read magazine is back, now called Book Town, with Yu Qiuyu as editor. (书城)

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