Author Archives: Alice Xin Liu

Jeroen de Kloet’s China with a Cut

Jeroen de Kloet is the author of China with a Cut, which looks into the dakou culture and then the ensuing commercialism of China’s music market.

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Gaokao joys and gaokao woes

Happiness and tragedy follows the gaokao wherever it goes.

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Ready set go! College entrance exams begin!

The college entrance exams begin today! The Yangtse Evening Post has the red headline, ‘Face the examinations with a smile. Best of luck to the students.’

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Dating show contestant banned for sexy modeling?

SARFT is once again mentioned for a rumored ban for a model who might be too hot for her own good. She also said outrageous things on a TV show.

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New evidence rules in death penalty cases

The Beijing News today reports that China’s women soccer and table tennis teams have lost championship titles, it also slapped the bold headline “6 types of evidence that cannot be used for deciding the death penalty” on the front page. Sunday saw two regulations issued in relation to the death penalty, both disallowing illegal means to garner confessions

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Jean Kwok’s Girl In Translation

Jean Kwok writes about the Asian American emigration experience. Her website describes the plot of Girl In Translation thus: “When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings.” For more, see Jeankwok.net.

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Deanna Fei’s A Thread of Sky

“A Thread of Sky is narrated by each of the six characters in turn, from each stop on their tour; each chapter is written in the third-person, but entirely from the characters’ points of view. I always knew that was the only way I could write it, because through

the story of these six women and their experiences of China, the novel also explores the nature of perspective: each character’s perspective on herself, on one another, and on China.”

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Driving domestic film production past Hollywood

The release of mainstream Chinese films have caught some attention over the months, especially those made in conjunction with directors from Hong Kong, such as Teddy Chen’s Bodyguards and Assassins (十月围城).

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Even Taiwan superstars busk?

Taiwan popstar cum DJ cum Super Band member Chang Chen-yue (张震岳), or A-Yue (阿岳) was spotted yesterday busking at Deshengmen subway in Beijing. He will headline the Zebra music festival in Chengdu this weekend.

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A dash of color on a background of gray

Most of the papers have colored the national flag, flown at half mast yesterday. Otherwise, it’s a heart to show solidarity and unity, as well as love, at a time of crisis.

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