Tag Archives: Geremie Barmé

A year of commemorations, and their history

The China Heritage Project of the Australian National University has published a new issue of China Heritage Quarterly. This time the theme is “The Heritage of Commemoration”. In light of all the anniversaries this year.

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Don’t ask so laowai don’t have to tell

An essay was written by Geremie Barmé, scholar, filmmaker and author of the new book The Forbidden City.

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The Crystal Palace

Geremie Barmé, scholar, filmmaker and author of a new book The Forbidden City, tells the story of one of the strangest buildings inside Beijing’s imperial palace.

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Beijing, the invisible city

China Heritage Quarterly has published its 14th issue online, and it’s mostly about Beijing.

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Mirrors of History

An essay by Geremie Barme about anti-Japan demonstrations in 2005 and nationalism.

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The Torchbearer — An Interview by Sang Ye

An interview by Sang Ye with one of the Olympic torch bearers—an impoverished teacher and foster father from Anshan in China’s northeast.

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2008 Beijing International Literary Festival

The schedule for this year’s Beijing Bookworm International Literary Festival is out: Starting on March 6 and running for two weeks, the program includes talks by writers Qiu Xiaolong, Adam Williams, Catherine Sampson, Paul French, Geremie Barmé, Zhang Lijia, James … Continue reading

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Paper tigers, whispering sweet nothings into each other’s ears

An article originally published in 1999 by Geremie Barmé about newspapers in China and how they have changed since the Cultural Revolution.

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Barmé on hard men

AS the cardinals prepare to meet in conclave in Rome next week to decide on a new leader for the Catholic Church, it is salutary to consider the fate of another sclerotic organisation that avows a dogma equally out of kilter with the contemporary world…

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