A stage adaptation of the film featured an all-Western cast, was performed in Chinese and raised questions about translation, both linguistic and cultural.
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He Won Election to Canada’s Parliament. Did China Help?
A Canadian rapporteur said there was “well-grounded suspicion” that Han Dong, a member of Parliament from Toronto, may have benefited from support from the Chinese Consulate.
He Won Election to Canada’s Parliament. Did China Help?
A Canadian rapporteur said there was “well-grounded suspicion” that Han Dong, a member of Parliament from Toronto, may have benefited from support from the Chinese Consulate.
One Nation Under Xi: How China’s Leader Is Remaking Its Identity
The leader’s nationalist effort to meld ethnic groups, an agenda increasingly central to his rule, is seen as a bulwark against internal divisions and threats from the West.
China’s ‘Absurd’ Covid Propaganda Stirs Rebellion
The use of propaganda in the country has been on overdrive in the pandemic, with some Chinese citizens arguing the language has bordered on “nonsense.”
China’s Expanding Surveillance State: Takeaways From a NYT Investigation
Times reporters spent over a year combing through government bidding documents that reveal the country’s technological road map to ensure the longevity of its authoritarian rule.
Coming From Separate Worlds in Taiwan, They Collided at California Church
The 68-year-old suspect in a May mass shooting harbored resentment dating back to his formative years in Taiwan.
Amid U.S.-China Chill, Harvard Moves a Top Language Program to Taiwan
A university spokesman said the move out of Beijing had long been planned. The program’s director cited a perceived lack of friendliness from the host institution.
Jonathan Mirsky, Journalist and Historian of China, Dies at 88
He brought a historian’s expertise to many decades of writing about China for The Observer of London, The New York Review of Books and other outlets.
‘Reversing Gears’: China Increasingly Rejects English, and the World
A movement against Western influence threatens to close off a nation that succeeded in part by welcoming new ideas.