‘Swimming Out’ Film Review: Jia Zhang-Ke Keeps His Eye on a Changing China
In “Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue,” the auteur examines the nation’s evolving cultural perspectives through a quartet of authors
Robert Abele | May 25, 2021 @ 9:55 AM
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The great Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke has made both dramas and documentaries across his award-winning career so far, yet what binds all his movies is a sense that the labels of fiction and non-fiction aren’t as necessary as the observation that what he’s working in is a large, unimpeachable truth about people and progress in a rapidly changing China.
China Bestsellers for March: Financial Savvy for Kids
The children’s book bestseller list in China is currently led by the German financial coach Bodo Schäfer’s widely translated ‘A Dog Named Money.’
A young cyclist leads the way in Shanghai during the early stages of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020. Image – iStockphoto: Robert Way
Financial Advice for Kids
In our look at China’s bestsellers in March, we’re making a change to bring you Beijing OpenBook’s rankings on the Chinese market’s charting children’s books.
Having looked at illustrated books
per se for several months, we’ve found that illustrated work is so concentrated in books for young readers (as happens in many other markets, too) that there’s more to be gained from surveying the children’s book rankings, which will include both illustrated and unillustrated work for younger readers.
Symposium introduces Chinese writer Jia Pingwa to Britain Chinaculture.org | Updated: 2021-04-12 14:13 Share CLOSE A symposium on renowned Chinese writer Jia Pingwa and his works was held in London on April 9. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org]
A symposium on renowned Chinese writer Jia Pingwa and his works was held in London on April 9. The China Tourism Office in London, the Sinoist Books and University of Toronto organized the event, with support from the People s Literature Publishing House, Jia Pingwa Cultural and Arts Center, Northwest University and Guanghwa Bookshop (London).
About 300 translators, critics, publishers, media and readers from Beijing, Xi an, London, Toronto and New York attended the symposium.
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Foreigners Enjoy the Spring Festival in China
February 25, 2021 GMT
BEIJING, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A report from Science and Technology Daily:
Compared with the spring festivals before the COVID-19 pandemic, the celebration in this year is quite different. Many Chinese people chose not to go back to hometown as people are encouraged to stay where they are and celebrate the Spring Festival, so did a group of foreigners who work in China.
Two foreigners shared their stories of how they have celebrated the Spring Festival.