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Author Archives: Alice Xin Liu
The Inmost Shrine: A Photographic Odyssey of China, 1873
One of the first photojournalists in the world, John Thomson, traveled to China and took photographs of Chinese people in the late 19th century. His photographs have been widely circulated, collected by the Wellcome Gallery in England and by National Library of Scotland.
Posted in China Books
Tagged John Thomson, Mike Meyer, photographs
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Panyu waste dump demonstrations
A demonstration against a waste plant in Panyu District (番禺), Guangzhou is happening right now.
For updates please view hashtag #pyj on Twitter. Photos by @lemoned for the protest.
Posted in Breaking News
Tagged demonstrations, Panyu, Twitter, waste dump
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In New York: Contemporary heroes from China’s music scene
Nick Frisch writes from New York about the wave of rock and classical music from China that appeared in the American metropolis.
Posted in Music
Tagged bands, Lang Lang, Nick Frisch, rock music, Sound Kapital
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Tian Zhuangzhuang: The film world as mafia and commerical models of film
Time Weekly interviews Tian Zhuangzhuang about his new film The Warrior and the Wolf, in which he talked about commercialism of films in China, the film industry as a kind of mafia and the lacking of a master film in China.
Posted in Film
Tagged cinemas, commercial films, The Warrior and the Wolf, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Time Weekly
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Julia Lovell on translating Lu Xun’s complete fiction: “His is an angry, searing vision of China”
Julia Lovell teaches at the University of London’s Birkbeck College and has translated Serve the People by Yan Lianke and Lust; Caution by Eileen Chang amongst other Chinese literary works. Lovell’s new book of translation is modern fiction forefather Lu Xun’s The Real Story of Ah Q and Other Tales of China, published by Penguin. Danwei interviews Lovell.
Posted in Translation
Tagged Julia Lovell, Lu Xun, Penguin, translation
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Xujun Eberlein’s Apologies Forthcoming
Hong Kong’s Blacksmith Books has published a short story collection by Xujun Eberlein.
Posted in China Books
Tagged Blacksmith Books, Inside-Out China, Pete Spurrier, Xujun Eberlein
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TIME‘s Austin Ramzy on GDP growth, the Global Media Summit and the TIME China blog
Austin Ramzy has been reporting for TIME for 6 years, starting in Hong Kong and moving to Beijing in 2007. Since then he has covered the Hong Kong Chief Executive election in 2007, the Beijing Olympics, Wenchuan earthquake and the Xinjiang riots.
Posted in Foreign media on China
Tagged Austin Ramzy, Blogging, Hong Kong, Time, Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang riots
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Emily Xu’s translation of Tyrannicide Brief
Geoffrey Robertson is a well-known human rights lawyer whose reputation extends around the world. He has written numerous books about his occupation and the latest, Tyrannicide Brief, is a historical account about putting King Charles I on trial in England in 1649, a King who had the divine right to rule. Emily Xu translated the book into Chinese. Danwei interviews Xu.
Posted in Books
Tagged Emily Xu, Geoffrey Robertson, King Charles I, translation
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Princess Der Ling: Two Years in the Forbidden City
Two years in the Forbidden City is largely a reminiscence of the minutiae of life for one of history’s most powerful women, by one of her court attendants, a Manchu noble’s daughter by the name of Der Ling.
Posted in China Books
Tagged Earnshaw Books, Empress Cixi, Forbidden City, Princess Der Ling
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A North Korea that’s hard to get to know
Premier Wen Jiabao was recently in North Korea to broker deals about North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Chinese media accompanied the premier’s trip, and included in the entourage was Rose Luqiu Luwei (闾丘露薇), who is an executive news editor for Hong Kong’s Phoenix Satellite Television.
Posted in Blogs
Tagged Kim Jung-il, my1510, North Korea, Rose Luqiu Luwei, Wen Jiabao
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