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Posts by Rosalyn S. Cantonese Tuesdays: Triad and Tested. Triads are in the public eye again, after thugs with triad connections were accused of being involved in street violence during Hong Kong’s democracy protests. As with anything to do with organised crime, it’s open house at the rumour mill. In the last decades, the triads are said to have branched out into more legitimate business, but it’s still a murky world. Tue 21 October 2014 in. Cantonese Tuesdays: Hong Kong insults. Wed 15 October 2014 in.
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Anthony Tao | the Anthill
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Anthony Tao is editor of. The blog Beijing Cream. And you can follow him on Twitter @anthonytao. Posts by Anthony Tao. A poem by Anthony Tao. Fling a bottle any direction. And likely you’ll hit a writer. Mon 7 December 2015 in. Poem: The Last Graveyard. This is a poem by Xu Lizhi, a 24 year old worker at a Foxconn factory in Shenzhen who killed himself last September. It was translated at the Nao blog. For context, also check out this interview. Mon 10 November 2014 in. Summer Shorts: Train Station.
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Timothy Garton Ash :: Biography
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Is the author of nine books of political writing or ‘history of the present’ which have charted the transformation of Europe over the last thirty years. He is Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His essays appear regularly in the. New York Review of Books. And he writes a column on international affairs in the. The Polish Revolution: Solidarity.
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Book Review – I am Meursault
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My Book – Party Members. January 30, 2017. It’s Chinese New Year… which means the arsenal of fire crackers exploding outside my door make it impossible to compose a proper blog post. Plus, several discounted bottles of. Are also not helping the cause. So, in place of a carefully crafted series of witty bon mots, instead we pass this week’s soap box to one Simon Clode. 8211; author of the book. The Last Flight of the Pigeon. That was reviewed here last week. Now where did I put that. January 22, 2017.
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Christopher Cherry | the Anthill
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Is a freelance photographer in Beijing. Posts by Christopher Cherry. Photos by Christopher Cherry, with an introduction by Sascha Matuszak. Sat 15 November 2014 in. Beijing In Your Pocket. A photo essay by Christopher Cherry. But in the last few years, that great photographic equaliser has arrived the mobile phone. It's always on you (the best camera is the one you carry). It's discreet (see the wonderful Michael Christopher Brown's series of photos. Thu 15 May 2014 in. Link of the week. Quote of the week.
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Tom Pellman | the Anthill
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Tom Pellman lives in Beijing and is fiction editor of the Anthill. Posts by Tom Pellman. An ostrich on the loose in Shijiazhuang fiction by Tom Pellman. This story was read out at Scotch and Stories. Night at the Beijing Bookworm, accompanied by a tasty Glenfiddich 12. We'll be drip feeding the stories onto the site over the coming weeks. Mon 1 June 2015 in. Summer Shorts: Frogs at Dusk. Flash fiction and drinking games by Tom Pellman. And their Flash Fiction for Charity. Sun 13 July 2014 in. Cancer is n...
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20 China books to read (and 5 to avoid) | the Anthill
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20 China books to read (and 5 to avoid). I've made some changes to this list since it was first published in 2013, to reflect new publications and in the spirit of getting it just right. Osnos, French, Goldblatt and Troost are the new additions. I should also disclose I know some of the authors. This is a (revised) answer I posted on Quora to the question "What are some good books that can give me a window into modern China? 5 BOOKS ON CONTEMPORARY CHINA. By Philip P. Pan. Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortun...
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Hannah Lincoln | the Anthill
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Hannah Lincoln lives in Beijing and works in market research, while nursing a lifelong love for literature. She runs a photo blog,. Your Daily China Moment. And writes China related articles for various outlets. She invites anyone who wants to talk shop and swap stories to. Drop her a line. Posts by Hannah Lincoln. A house of cards fiction by Hannah Lincoln. Friend of the Anthill Hannah Lincoln. Has published a collection of short stories from Beijing, Ashen. But she was counting her coins and didn’t see.
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Submission guidelines | the Anthill
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The Anthill is a writers' colony, with over a hundred contributors or ants. Since we opened the hill in 2011. Email your submission or story idea to colonyemails[at]gmail.com. Along with a brief bio and a headshot. We accept stories of all lengths, both short and long form. Somewhere between 800 and 2000 words is ideal, and anything over 3000 words might get unwieldy. But we believe a piece of writing should be as long as it needs to be, and not a word longer. For fiction, our mantra is show don't tell&#...
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