this week's reading 16 october
Two Chinese Books Shortlisted for US National Translation Award. There's a lot of good writing in Chinese, but not enough being translated, so good to see this happening.
10 Ancient Chinese Inventions That Revolutionized Warfare and Science, because it's always worth remembering China's history of science, technology, and engineering.
Why the Taiping Rebellion Surpassed World War One in Casualties - quite possibly the worst conflict in history, but seems to be little known outside China.
Rare calligraphy piece thought lost sells for stonking amount of money - no, that's not the actual headline, just my reaction. Calligraphy is a Big Deal, always has been. This piece was thought lost in the aftermath of World War 2, and is extremely valuable - both in a cultural and an economic sense.
Chinese opera's greatest and most divisive star? - well, we're talking specifically Yue opera (which I'm not overly familiar with, to the point I thought it was from Guangdong, and I was surprised to read it's actually from Jiangnan). I particularly like the discussion of Su Dongpo (and I really should get around to reading some of his poetry)
Ming Dynasty buddha unearthed in Western Australia, returned to China - a cool story, the buddha was returned to China as a matter of principle. But how it wound up in Western Australia is still a mystery...
From Autonomy to a Chinese Melting Pot -nuance, context, and a different viewpoint on China's new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress