A Painter’s Warning From CCP Political Prison
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Recently, the armed conflict between Israel and Pakistan in the Gaza Strip has aroused a lot of attention and discussion.
Reports in the Western media are on the left, middle, and right, depending on the author’s viewpoint. I was impressed by a comment that might be more correct. The author said that what happened to the Jews in concentration camps during World War II was a moral and legal basis for the subsequent restoration of Israel.
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Lyrics about real cases of violence against women in China have resonated with millions across the country and sparked an outpouring of stories and discussion on social media.
“In the end, this is how you describe us: Banshee, shrew, whore, and hooker Fishwife, bitch, slutty man-eater. Look, this is how you belittle us”
These lyrics from Mandopop star Tan Weiwei (Sitar Tan) are powerful in their own right, but they take on a new urgency in a year when China saw several especially brutal cases of violence against women in the national spotlight. Soon before Tan’s song hit the internet, screenwriter and activist Xianzi appeared at a court in Beijing to hold a powerful CCTV host, Zhu Jun, accountable for sexual harassment. Hundreds of Xianzi’s fans gathered in the cold outside the courthouse in solidarity.
Singer uses shock therapy to drive home message
18 Dec, 2020 05:21 AM
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Singer Tan Weiwei gives a singing lesson to students in a rural primary school in Dabo village in Lianyuan city in southern China s Hunan Province. Photo / AP
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By: HUIZHONG WU
Quarrel, rape, adultery. Tricky, greedy, sycophantic. Chinese singer Tan Weiwei chants each word methodically in a two-line string of vulgarities and insults.
The 16 words in her new song share something in common: The character for woman, nu, is part of the Chinese character for each word.
Tan s forceful and shocking use of these words often used to disparage women is meant to draw attention to the issue of domestic violence and has struck a chord in China, where despite growing public awareness and anger, victims have a hard time getting justice.