Archive for June, 2005

Museum shines a light on Mao’s dark era

Monday, June 27th, 2005

This was extremely interesting, during what was a very absorbing trip to southern China, still the vehicle for change in the country.
The frightened figure in the picture is a Chinese opera star. His hair is grasped tightly in a Red Guard’s fist as he is being denounced during the Cultural Revolution, the ideological frenzy which [...]

Film, censorship and public morality.

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

Organ donor

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Thoughts from a journalist based in Beijing, China.