Archive for October, 2007

Going Wilde in Beijing - a little bit of Ireland in Asia

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

There are not too many Irish literary links with China, but one of the high points was George Bernard Shaw’s one-day visit to Shanghai on February 17th, 1933. Shanghai was then partially divided into concessions run by colonial powers, including Britain and France, and he was there to sympathise with the Chinese struggle for independence [...]

Greenaway says cinema is dead, long live cinema

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Chinese artists laugh all the way to the bank in £20m auction

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Thoughts from a journalist based in Beijing, China.