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To die poor is a sin: An excerpt of Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang.

In Wang Shuo's No Man's Land: Geremie Barme addresses Wang Shuo's 千万别把我当人.

Swimming with Mao, a memoir essay: This memoir piece is by Xujun Eberlein, author of the new short story book Apologies Forthcoming'.

+ China Writers' Association: what good is it? (2006.11): Tie Ning becomes president of the China Writers' Association. Is it nothing more than a useless political organization, as Wang Lixiong alleges?

+ An Imperial Personality (2005.03): This is Mr. Aisin Gioro Zhoudi (爱新觉罗·州迪), who claims to be a distant relative of Puyi, the last emperor of China. Having spent time living in both Taiwan and Hong Kong, he has worked as a bus driver and fortune-teller, but now he seems to be spending most of his time at home in Guangzhou. He's in the news this week for his willingness to undergo a DNA test to prove his link to the royal family, although it does not seem that many people are doubting him.

+ Harvest turns 50 (2007.07): Harvest magazine (收获) celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with the July, 2007 issue.

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