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Shut out of DujiangyanPosted by Joel Martinsen, June 13, 2008 4:32 PM
Danwei Picks is a daily digest of the "From the Web" links found on the Danwei homepage. A feed for the links as they are posted throughout the day is available at Feedsky (in China) or Feedburner (outside China). Shutting journalists out?: From the blog of BBC correspondent James Reynolds: Recently, I asked whether or not the openness the Chinese authorities displayed in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake would continue. Now, after a day spent in the city of Dujiangyan trying to cover a story about bereaved parents, I can try to answer that question more fully.
Reeling off traits recognizable in umpteen fest-bound independent films from China -- such as a snail's pace, minimalist plot and dialogue, and deliberate muffling of emotions -- Yin is several stitches short of creating a work of originality. Can these guys fix Chinese basketball?: China Sports Today reports on a basketball boot camp for Chinese players conducted by top NBA and college basketball coaches.
rolling stone published lee's photos to illustrate klein's report. the photographs' formal composition and klein's article become a reader's primary tools for interpreting shenzhen. however, here's the rub: in an interview, klein states that her goal is to "show how u.s. and china more and more alike, creation of a middle ground". however, the photographer, thomas lee invoked the aesthetic conventions of creative photography to organize photographic composition. in these pictures, people in the foreground are blurred, while the background is in focus. consequently, the images show a shenzhen that is depersonalized and off-kilter. for an american viewer, these pictures do not provide common ground, rather its opposite--a looming gulf that threatens to swallow anyone who would dare cross over.
Cuba's Dayron Robles has toppled Liu Xiang's 110m hurdles world record. The 21-year-old clocked 12.87 seconds, beating Liu's time by just 0.01 seconds and smashing is own personal best. Liu was not racing...
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Comments on Shut out of DujiangyanWho is Maggie Lee? Maggie Lee is (Singapore's first independent contemporary arts centre) The Substation's first Associate Curator for film, and currently a film critic for The Hollywood Reporter. She is also a curator of independent Chinese films for S Express - a touring festival of Asian films. She worked for the editorial and programming sections of Tokyo International Film Festival (Winds of Asia), Shorts Shorts Film Festival Asia in Japan, Hong Kong International Film Festival and Hong Kong Film Archive. (The Google ad on this post is for ChineseLoveLinks: "Want to meet beautiful Chinese ladies?...") Also, on the Mary Ann O'Donnell piece. I started to groan when my eyes first ran across the "politics of guan" line, but then I realized that she was not going to talk about "guanxi" but about 管, which is a great word/concept to introduce to the American readership. Very thoughtful article. |
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