The convulsive history of foreign journalists in China starts with the newspapers printed in the European Factories of Canton in the 1820s and ends with the Communist revolution in 1949. It also starts with a duel between two editors over the China’s future and ends with a fistfight in Shanghai over the revolution. The men […]
Archives for May 2009
Adam Williams recommends ‘Through the Looking Glass: China’s Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao’ by Paul French
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Ennio Morricone – an Italian sensation in Beijing
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Italy wowed China last night when the great composer Ennio Morricone conducted an Italian orchestra in a concert of his film music. The venue could not have been more prestigious: the Great Hall of the People next to Tiananmen Square in the centre of Beijing. Chinese film directors like John Woo and authors like Hong […]
