Guo Lusheng and underground poetry during the Cultural Revolution
Today is the final day of Poetry Month, celebrated every April. We commemorated it with a series of articles about Chinese poetry, both past and...
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Chelsea Cheng was born in Zhongshan and raised in the SF Bay Area. She is currently pursuing a B.A. in English at NYU, and holds a great passion for film, literature, culture, and politics. Follow her twitter @chxsea_
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Friday Song: โSecond Farewell to Cambridge,โ Xu Zhimoโs poem that inspired multiple songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tds8iCBpwF4 April marks National Poetry Month, and we’re running aย series of articlesย to celebrate it. โSecond Farewell to Cambridgeโ (ๅๅซๅบทๆกฅ zร ibiรฉ kฤngqiรกo) is a Mandopop song...
Friday Song: โWishing We Would Last Foreverโ and Su Shi
โWishing We Would Last Foreverโ (ไฝๆฟไบบ้ฟไน dร nyuร nrรฉnchรกngjiว) is a Mandarin pop ballad sung by Chinese singer-songwriter/actress Faye Wong. Released on July 1, 1995, in her album The Decadent Sounds of Faye (่ฒ้ก้กไน้ณ fฤimรญmรญzhฤซyฤซn), the song was composed by Taiwanese musician/author Vincent Liang ๆขๅผๅฟ and arranged by Malaysian music arranger Alex San ่พไผๅ, with lyrics derived from a well-known poem, โWater Melodyโ (ๆฐด่ฐๆญๅคด Shuวdiร o Gฤtรณu), by Su Shi ่่ฝผ.
Woman arrested after video shows her disrespecting Chinese communist symbol, the red scarf
The Public Security Bureau of Rong County, Sichuan Province,ย arrestedย (in Chinese) a woman on April 8 on the charge of “disorderly behavior”ย (ๅฏป่ก ๆปไบ xรบnxรฌnzฤซshรฌ). Her crime wasย uploading...
Friday Song: Chyi Yu’s ‘The Olive Tree,’ which channels songwriter San Mao’s spirit of freedom
A few weeks ago, I recommended Chyi Chinโs โThe Outside World.โ Todayโs song is a 1979 hit by Chyi’s elder sister, Chyi Yu ้ฝ่ฑซ: โThe...
Friday Song: โLovebirdโ and Lay Zhangโs path to international stardom
American hip-hop and electronic music group Far East Movement and Chinese pop star Lay Zhang ๅผ ่บๅ ด collaborated on โLovebird,โ a single released yesterday to much...
Chinese proposal aims to clean up live-streaming in the name of underage internet users
The All-China Youth Federation (ACYF), a government-backed organization affiliated with the Communist Youth League of China, has introduced a proposalย (in Chinese)ย to limit minors’ access to...
Friday Song: โGoodbye Kissโ by Jacky Cheung, Hong Kongโs โGod of Songsโ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgu25QSnzw0 The first time I encountered โGoodbye Kissโ (ๅปๅซ Wฤn Biรฉ)ย was through Michael Learns to Rockโs โTake Me to Your Heart,โ a 2004 English adaptation...
Film Friday: Humanity amid massacre: โCity of Life and Death,โ reviewed
What filmmaker Lu Chuan does that his predecessors were unable or unwilling to do is bring multidimensionality to an unfathomable tragedy, to depict the Nanjing...
Ride-hailing is dangerous for unaccompanied minors. The Chinese internet debates: Is there a fix?
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing recently conducted a WeChat poll to gauge the public’s thoughts about minors using ride-hailing services alone. The poll ended on...