Asia.view: The Manchurian candidate Jun 12, 2008
He referred several times to Lu Xun, a great 20th-century author who taught there and designed the university's crest. As Geremie Barm;, an Australian sinologist, notes, highlighting such a principled dissenter and unyielding critic of authoritarianism would not have been lost on his young audience at a time when China s rulers insist on orthodoxy. (The Economist)
Book Review: Jiang Rong's 'Wolf Totem' May 2, 2008
Lu Xun, China's most revered modern writer, was a student of medicine in 1906 when he saw a lantern slide of Japanese soldiers decapitating a Chinese prisoner. It was a particularly low moment in China's national self-esteem, and what appalled Lu Xun most was the passivity of the Chinese spectators ... Jiang Rong, who invokes Lu Xun's ambition to transform "national character," clearly wishes to use a fictionalized account of his life with the nomads to advance an argument. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Captain of learning: Remembering Tan Kah Kee Apr 7, 2008
The late Chinese philanthropist and millionaire Tan Kah Kee donated his entire fortune to education (The Star Online, Malaysia)
The feeling of belonging Feb 24, 2008
Nimas also said it might be Endiru's leader, Pinky Lu Xun, who introduced cosplay to Indonesia in 1998. Pinky, who works as a project architect for a major company in Indonesia, started cosplaying solo in 1998. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
A textbook case -- revisions in mainland literary selections cause a stir Nov 26, 2007
The first text is a prose piece in memory of an old friend by Lu Xun, arguably the most famous writer in modern Chinese literature ... Published by People's Education Press, the new versions reportedly included an extract from popular kung fu novel The Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain, by Louis Cha, replacing Lu Xun's classic novelette The True Story of Ah Q. Lu's tale rails against early 20th century Chinese for their toadying pursuit of self-interest and embodies a dark view of the Chinese... (Xinhuanet, China)
Breathing New Life into 600-Year-Old Opera Oct 27, 2007
Aside from abridging traditional storylines, he has experimented with modern plots, adapting a short story by early 20th century writer Lu Xun. The singing is also faster and the traditionally empty stage is now filled with backdrops and props (classical Kunqu required audiences to simply imagine the scene according to cues in the lyrics). (Time.com)
Cultivating a love for reading Sep 13, 2007
The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun (1881-1936), has been replaced, among others, by works of what an editor said is "closer to our era", thus ending the short story's more than half a century's "tenure" in high school curricula ... All this, from the dropping of the fairy tale to the disappearance of Lu Xun's works, have aroused heated debate on the Internet ... After all, by penetrating into the twisted psyche and personality of a Chinese peasant, Lu Xun attempted to expose the weaknesses and... (Xinhuanet, China)
AGASSI CA$HE$ IN AT AUCTION May 3, 2007
AGASSI CA HE IN AT AUCTION By LIZ SMITH - Liz - New York Post Online Edition. memoir went sky-high - 5 million. (New York Post -- Gossip)
We Hear . . . May 3, 2007
- Pagesix - New York Post Online Edition. Thursday, May 03, 2007 Last Update: 09:15 AM EDT. (New York Post -- Gossip)
* Johnny Neihu's NewsWatch: Forget 228? You mythed something Mar 3, 2007
Taipei Times - archives. Johnny Neihu's NewsWatch: Forget 228. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
- Will Hutton: Mao laid the ground for today's China Jan 18, 2007
Life in the China of the first half of the 20th century was cheap, as writer Lu Xun wrote after witnessing the nationalists clinically murder students in Shanghai in 1926. After the imperial throne fell on New Year's Day 1912, China imploded into territories dominated by warlords over whom the nationalist government never established proper dominion. (Guardian Unlimited)
