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I'm currently reading Richard Burger's book Behind the Red Door: Sex in China
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It is a very interesting look at a subject that is rarely discussed with expats (or anyone else).
Tag Archives: Falun Gong
Eastern Lightning may be a cult, but they still have rights
As you’ve likely already heard, thousands of doomsday predictors have been arrested throughout China as part of the “evil cult” Eastern Lightning. Unfortunately many Chinese Christians are willing to dismiss them as a cult and agree with their treatment, but … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, Current Events
Tagged China, Christianity, communist, Eastern Lightning, Falun Gong, Guangxi, Qinghai, Taiping Rebellion
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Ai Weiwei, Art with Chinese Characteristics, and the need for both Unity and Disunity
Picking up from where Hannah left off yesterday, I want to look at a couple ideas from Ai Weiwei’s essays that jumped out at me. Chinese Contemporary in Dilemma and Transition Ai’s essays provide a great reminder of why Ai … Continue reading
Posted in book review
Tagged Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China, Chinese art, Chinese people, Falun Gong, Global Times, Weiwei
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The Other China
When I last visited China in 2004, I did what a visiting overseas Chinese typically does: spending time with family and friends, sightseeing, and enjoying the food. In Beijing I felt like a time traveler arriving at a future time … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Beijing, Chen, Chen Guangcheng, China, Falun Gong, Gao Zhisheng, Open Constitution Initiative, Xinjiang, Xu Zhiyong
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