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The body is the capital of the revolution

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s post focuses on women’s bodies in China. An interview with cultural critic Zhang … Continue reading

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Beijing babes wrapped in newspapers

Liu Xingyan, 20, Beijing Babe The Beijing News (新京报) has always tried to be a serious newspaper, even though many of the editors who actually dared to be serious all got sacked at the end of 2005. Nonetheless, one feature … Continue reading

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The eyes have it

Shen Weifeng (沈威风) writes about eyes in China Newsweek (中国新闻周刊).

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