China democracy activist detained for subversion Nov 13, 2008
Guo Quan, who started the China New Democracy Party last year, was arrested in the city of Nanjing after he sent his son to school, his wife Li Jing said by phone ... The telephone at the media office of the Public Security Bureau in Nanjing rang unanswered Thursday ... Guo, an expert on Chinese literature, lost his teaching duties at Nanjing Normal University after launching the China New Democracy Party. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
East China's stadium fire extinguished Nov 12, 2008
The four-yearly event was held last time in Nanjing, eastern Jiangsu Province, in 2005. Source: Xinhua. (People's Daily Online, China)
* CROSS-STRAIT TALKS: HK tourism sector worries over cross-strait direct flights Nov 7, 2008
Apart from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen and Nanjing X which were included in the first phase of the cross-strait weekend charter program X the new pact will open services to cities scattered throughout China such as Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Tianjin and Dalian. In the future, a flight between Taipei and Shanghai will take as little as 81 minutes, while a Taipei-Beijing flight will take 166 minutes. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Asia.view: The ghost of wartimes past Nov 6, 2008
For most adherents of the true view, the conflict in which Japan was responsible for the deaths of 20m Asians was above all a war of liberation, while the Nanjing massacre of December 1937, in which countless thousands of Chinese citizens died (Asia. view will not get into a numbers game), is a phantasm of left-wing axe-grinders. (The Economist)
China's fastest-changing cities Nov 6, 2008
They're followed by Dalian and Nanjing, two cities that have emerged as factory-based growth centers, but are also turning into vibrant markets for consumer goods. Behind the Numbers. (International Herald Tribune)
Japan's WWII legacy Nov 6, 2008
There is no mention of the Rape of Nanking - a rampage by Japanese troops through the city of Nanjing regarded in China as a genocidal orgy of violence. The episode is instead described as a move by Japanese troops to protect the law-abiding Chinese population from bandits and terrorists. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Growing slums 'face water crisis' Nov 5, 2008
The report - Turning Slums Around - has been presented at the UN World Urban Forum, which is being held in Nanjing, China. The gathering, the fourth of its kind, is held once every two years and brings together experts from all over the globe to discuss the challenges facing a rapidly urbanising world. (BBC News -- Science)
It's time to rethink ideas on urban planning Nov 5, 2008
The event preceded the Fourth United Nations World Urban Forum (WUF4) scheduled for November 3-7 in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu. In the Zhenjiang Communique adopted by the Congress on Sunday, more than 80 planners from some 40 countries and regions agreed that "today's ailing settlements are the price for failures to plan." They urged governments to "embrace and implement strategic and integrated approaches to the planning of cities, metropolitan areas and regions.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Sharpest telescope heralds China's ambition in deep space quest Nov 5, 2008
Cui, who heads the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology. Cui's team innovatively designed 24 honeycomb-shaped flat thin plates to become the reflecting mirror. (Xinhuanet, China)
Lijiang: China's Mile (and-a-half) ... Nov 2, 2008
From Lijiang the Yangtze flows into Sichuan Province, through the city of Chongqing, to the gigantic Three Gorges Dam, and onward to Wuhan and Nanjing before reaching the East China Sea near Shanghai. Lijiang is laced with canals. (Suite101.com)
Vice Premier urges supporting development of SMEs Nov 2, 2008
Nanjing, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang urged supporting development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during his recent inspection of Jiangsu Province. Zhang was in the eastern province from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 to look into development of small and medium-sized enterprises. (Xinhuanet, China)
Plan for more monorail routes on track Nov 1, 2008
MUMBAI: With more monorail routes in the offing, Mumbaikars can look forward to a smoother and faster ride across the congested areas of the city. The metropolitan commissioner, Ratnakar Gaikwad, said Lea iates, which is conducting a comprehensive transportation study for the Mumbai region, will prepare a masterplan for monorail and the new links would seek to improve the east-west connectivity. (Times of India)
Hong Kong Adds Tests For Melamine in Food Oct 31, 2008
Media reports from cities across China, including Shanghai, Nanjing and Chengdu, have said that local authorities are carrying out tests on eggs and other food products, such as seafood, in connection with animal feed. No illnesses have been reported because of tainted eggs, and the amounts of melamine found in eggs so far are only slightly above the level permitted by a number of countries. (Wall Street Journal)
Dreams of home profits turning sour Oct 31, 2008
up the Yangtze River to Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, then north to Beijing, Tianjin and Shenyang. For the most part, Chinese house prices never "bubbled" to the extent they had in many Western countries. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Chinese property stocks plunge to near all-time lows Oct 28, 2008
Although home buyers are the main beneficiaries of the latest policy relaxation, the government also endorsed steps taken by more than a dozen cities, including Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing, like cuts or postponement of taxes and fees levied on developers. The risk of a property meltdown could severely affect growth in the Chinese economy. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Tanzania: Coastal Areas Facing Danger - UN Oct 27, 2008
The launch of the new report is intended to act as a curtain raiser for the forum which will take place in Nanjing, China, on November 3-6. Several officials from Tanzania, including from the government, the local authorities and civil society are expected to travel to China for the four-day meeting. (allAfrica.com)
* Book Review: Beijing: the city of lost history Oct 26, 2008
The previous one (of several) was Nanjing, but in 1421 the charismatic Yongle () Emperor moved the administrative center north for what were essentially strategic reasons. So from life in the lush world of the Yangtze delta the scholarly civil servants had to shift to a windy and dusty northern plain, cold in winter and hot in summer, and a city that had neither a seaport nor a major river to serve as its transport terminus. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Singapore gets top marks in UN World's Cities Report Oct 25, 2008
The report is a lead-up to the UN World Urban Forum in Nanjing, China in November. It noted another worrying concern of rising sea levels, and Southeast Asia in particular is at the highest risk due to its low elevation. (Channelnewsasia.com)
New MasterCard Research Ranks 65 Cities in Emerging Markets Poised to Drive Long-Term Global Economic Growth Oct 23, 2008
To assist him in this research, Dr. Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Economic Advisor for MasterCard Worldwide, APMEA Region, initially assembled and chaired a panel of leading experts in economics, urban development and social-science from around the world, including the following: -- Professor Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute, Beijing -- Mr. Manu Bhaskaran, Partner/Head, Economic Research, Centennial Group, Singapore -- Professor William Lever, Emeritus Professor of Urban Studies,... (PR Newswire)
Box in Shanghai Oct 23, 2008
On Shanghai's Nanjing lu, a familiar name has appeared. Marks and Spencer has just opened its largest store in Asia, and the first in mainland China. (BBC News -- Business)
China smelters output to fall Oct 22, 2008
Real estate turnover was down more than 60% over the year to September in most major cities including Shanghai, Nanjing, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Chengdu. "We do not see any V-shaped recovery on the horizon," said Morgan Stanley's Derek Kwong in a research report that predicted home prices would fall 20% in the year ahead. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Global storm hits China's sea-commerce Oct 21, 2008
An official at CSC Nanjing Tanker Corp, China's leading crude carrier and a subsidiary of the China Changjiang National Shipping (Group) Corp, said: "As the company focuses on domestic oil transport, the impact of the slowing global economy is limited.". China's shipbuilders are also benefiting from strong output resulting from existing orders. (Asia Times Online)
* China promised to send more tourists, Lai says Oct 18, 2008
MAKING HEADWAY: Tourism Bureau Director-General Janice Lai said Beijings top official told her that authorities were studying ways to encourage more tourists to visit STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA, NANJING, CHINA Saturday, Oct 18, 2008, Page 4 ... Lai made the remarks on the sidelines of a presentation on Taiwans tourist attractions and resources in Nanjing ... Lai is heading a 150-member delegation on a tourism promotion tour of China, which has so far taken her to Beijing and Nanjing. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Concern grows over cracks in Chinese credit system Oct 17, 2008
There are around 8,500 rural financial institutions and 125 city commercial banks, with Bank of Shanghai, Bank of Nanjing and Bank of Hangzhou among the big-name municipal lenders. "The main risk to China's banks is rapid slowdown in the economic growth and the crystallization of the latent credit risks," said Ryan Tsang, senior director of greater China corporate ratings at Standard & Poor's. (International Herald Tribune)
Tainted milk found in Italy; 5,800 babies still hospitalized in China Oct 17, 2008
A Chinese customer chooses dairy products in a supermarket, Oct. 12, in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province. YOU CLICKED: WEEK'S MOST POPULAR HEALTH STORIES. (USA Today -- News)
• Beleaguered Chinese dairies pledge high standards Oct 16, 2008
A Chinese customer chooses dairy products in a supermarket in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. China is ordering all liquid and powdered milk manufactured before Sept. 14 to be taken off the shelves for melamine testing, the first time it has issued a blanket recall of products since the tainted dairy scandal broke last month. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
* Tourism director promises to double Chinese tourists Oct 15, 2008
Janice Lai (), director-general of the Tourism Bureau, said she would introduce Taiwans tourist attractions to Chinese travel agents and ordinary people during her five-day visit, which will also take her to Nanjing. Lai was traveling with executives of more than 100 travel agencies from around Taiwan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Tourism Bureau chief Janice Lai heads for China Oct 14, 2008
Accompanied by executives of more than 100 travel agencies around Taiwan, Lai is scheduled to spend two days in Beijing and Nanjing to meet national and local Chinese tourism authorities ... Lai and her group are also scheduled to hold tourism workshops in Beijing and Nanjing to discuss with Chinese officials and travel agency operators issues that appear to be hampering the growth of Chinese tourists to Taiwan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Cross-strait flights barely satisfactory: CAA Oct 14, 2008
The locations were Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen and Nanjing in China, and Taoyuan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Taipei, Penghu, Hualien, Kinmen and Taitung in Taiwan. While five Taiwanese airlines companies provided flights from Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Penghu and Hualien during the first month, flights have been limited to Taipei and Kaohsiung since August. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China orders more testing for liquid milk, powder Oct 14, 2008
Shelves for dairy products are seen empty in a supermarket in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu. Slideshow. (Yahoo News)
Hopkins president Brody to head Salk Institute Oct 14, 2008
He also expanded Hopkins footprint and opened educational and research facilities in Rockville, Washington, D.C., and Nanjing, China. Johns Hopkins University had a full-time enrollment of 11,966 in fall 2007, according to Baltimore Business Journal research, and a budget of $3. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
International theater festival comes to China Oct 13, 2008
The 31st session of this world-famous drama festival is scheduled to be held in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, from Oct.16 to 26. "The festival will cover all genres to showcase a full spectrum of theater," said Dong Wei, vice president of Beijing-based Chinese Dramatists Association, which was the festival's organizing committee. (Xinhuanet, China)
Retiring president of Johns Hopkins to take over Salk Oct 13, 2008
The crash language course was for a 15-minute speech he gave at Johns Hopkins University's 20th anniversary celebration for its campus in Nanjing, China. A few minutes into the speech, when the audience realized that he wasn't just going to give introductory remarks in Mandarin, their jaws dropped, said Pamela Flaherty, the chairman of the Johns Hopkins board. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
* Chinese duo lead at Omega Championship Oct 10, 2008
Wu Kangchun, winner of last years Sofitel Golf Championship in Nanjing, shot 70 to go two-under in the event, one ahead of Taiwans Chan Yih-shin, who came home in 71. Liao Guiming, the current Omega Order of Merit leader, is fifth after a second 72 and two ahead of Li Chao, who shot a 74 to share sixth place with players including Chen Jian, who aced the par-three 16th. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Asian Art Fairs: Going straight to the source Oct 7, 2008
A crop of international art biennials and triennials has sprouted across Asia in recent years, opening the door to untapped art markets as diverse as Yokohama and Nanjing ... "There is so much energy and production in Asia," said Roxana Marcoci, the photography curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, who will be visiting arts fairs in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Nanjing in China and Yokohama, Japan, this month all in the course of a week. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
* Book Review: Communist apologists redoubtable legacy lives on Oct 5, 2008
With the help of Lu, the biochemist taught himself Chinese (Nanjing Mandarin) and in 1943 was flown into war-torn China by the British government on a diplomatic mission to help embattled Chinese scientists and academics. It was a dangerous assignment and one filled with will-sapping logistical difficulties, yet Needham maintained an unflappable optimism that was nothing less than heroic. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Lessons From Asia Oct 4, 2008
" At Beijing University, the teachers stayed on campus and sat in on lectures. From there they traveled extensively around the countryside - Xi'an, Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen, Yongding County, Guilin, Yangshuo, Hong Kong (and Tokyo, Japan). Like so many Americans who visit China, Bitzer found the people to be extremely welcoming and the country to be eye-opening. "I found them to be very friendly, polite and very interested in Americans," he said. "All of their cities are busy, people... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Red capitalism or market communism? Oct 3, 2008
"An open, competitive and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention,'' Paulson told an audience at the Shanghai Futures Exchange, Bloomberg reported. Now the Chinese government is facing demands from within to take steps to help its own property market. According to National Business Daily on September 24, the semi-governmental China Real Estate Association has submitted a... (Asia Times Online)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
* HannStar to close assembly line and lay off employees Oct 3, 2008
The personnel adjustment is part of our long-term efforts to shift labor-intensive module assembly to our Nanjing plant in China, which has become the companys module assembly center, said Justin Chien (), a HannStar public relations official said ... The Kaohsiung plant, which has a staff of 600, turns out 100,000 computer and television panel modules a month, only one-tenth of the 1 million units produced by its Nanjing plant, company figures showed. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
NASDAQ makes further push into China Oct 3, 2008
NASDAQ said the agreement was signed with the Zhejiang Provincial Financial Affairs Office, based in Hangzhou, and the Jiangsu Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, based in Nanjing. NASDAQ and rival NYSE Group Inc. have been pushing to get increased listings from countries such as China, but issues such as the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting rules have been cited as a dissuader for some firms to list in the United States. (Xinhuanet, China -- Business)
Expressway pile-up leaves 9 dead, 30 injured Anhui Oct 3, 2008
Eighteen successive collisions took place between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. within a three-kilometer section of the freeway linking the provincial capital of Hefei to Nanjing, capital of neighboring Jiangsu Province. The tragedy was caused by fog that began to envelop the road at2 a.m. Monday. (Xinhuanet, China -- China)
China's milk scandal bares government shortcomings Sep 25, 2008
He said more cases were reported in nearby Nanjing. That day a urologist who would not give his name sent a similar warning to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, naming the brand of formula Sanlu. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Etiquette 101 Sep 24, 2008
"There's a greater difference between Americans and Japanese than Americans and Chinese," says former Washington Post Beijing bureau chief John Pomfret, whose book Chinese Lessons traces the lives of five of his Nanjing University classmates from the 1980s to China's hyperkinetic present. Indeed, the Chinese are remarkably free of behavioral taboo, though beneath the easygoing attitude runs a century of upheavals one of which, the Cultural Revolution, decreed that "being polite was... (Concierge.com)
Posco's Lee Expects Profit to Beat Earlier Forecast on Cost Savings, Sales Sep 22, 2008
Chinese steelmakers have cut production because of weak demand and higher raw material costs, Nanjing Iron & Steel United Co. said last month. of hot-rolled coil, a benchmark product, are down 15 percent from a June record in China. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Study Mandarin or Cantonese Sep 22, 2008
Nanjing is that of a dialect--people in these three cities can understand each other, even though there are numerous differences in pronunciation and some in grammar and syntax. So these might be seen as dialects like Cockney is a dialect of English. (Suite101.com)
China seeks public trust amid tainted milk scandal Sep 21, 2008
Parents waited in a stadium in Nanjing, China, yesterday to get their babies checked for kidney stones. Many leading brands of powdered and liquid milk and other dairy products have been pulled from store shelves. (Boston Globe)
Parents rushtohospitalsin milk scare Sep 19, 2008
Sean Yong / ReutersPeople wait with their children, who will be undergoing medical checks for possible kidney stones, at a hospital in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Thursday. . (MSNBC -- International)
Survey points to life fears after retirement Sep 19, 2008
In Nanjing, Xuhou and Shantou 400 interviews were conducted in each city. Similarly, China Minmetals Corp and Europe's No 2 insurer AXA's joint venture AXA-Minmetals Assurance Co Ltd have launched the AXA Life Outlook Index, showing that in Asia, Chinese middle and high-end customers are the most optimistic group in terms of their outlook on life for the next five years. (Xinhuanet, China)
Fly to China and beyond, from $1,046 Sep 17, 2008
The Real Deal: Round-trip airfare to Beijing, Changsha, Dalian, Guilin, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai, Shenyang, Wuhan, Xiamen, or Xian, from $1,046 per personplus at least $77 in taxes ... We also priced out a few other routes using Kayak, for round-trip flights in early October: New York City to Shanghai for $977 (Delta), San Francisco to Hangzhou for $1,152 (Air China), and New York City to Nanjing for $1,564 (United) ... Using Cathay Pacific's , we found... (MSNBC -- Politics)
China Runji Cement Inc.'s Second Cement Clinker Production Line Has Successfully Achieved Production Targets Sep 17, 2008
Headquartered in Anhui Province, the Company's markets include major local cities such as Hefei, Nanjing, and Liu'an. For more information on the Company and its products, please visit. (Primezone Releases)
Writer unlocks secrets of Mao's silent generation Sep 15, 2008
The author Xinran Xue, best known for The Good Women Of China, a book of heart-breaking tales gathered from her time as a talkback radio host in Nanjing in the late 1970s and 1980s, says she despaired to watch the scuffles. But Xue, 50, and now based inLondon, also thinks it may have been a watershed moment for young Chinese. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Carbon traders compete in potentially lucrative market Sep 15, 2008
The Nanjing Tianjingwa landfill CDM project, one of the earliest carbon trading projects in China, is another gloomy tale for investors. The project's CER target was 200,000 tons of CO2s per year; however, when the project started, the CER was just 20,000 tons per year. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Bureau plans to boost tourism Sep 14, 2008
To promote travel in Taiwan and educate potential customers, the bureau and a group of local travel agencies will hold tourism seminars in the middle of next month in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Xiamen X the five cities covered by direct weekend charter flights between Taiwan and China. In November, 33 Chinese travel agencies and media representatives will be invited to take part in the Taipei Cross-strait Travel Exhibition, Liu said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
This week's letters to the editor, mostly about the election Sep 13, 2008
Fri Sep 12, 2008, 05:11 PM EDT. Hecht supporters: sign theft disturbing. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
South Ossetia slapped down over Russia unity Sep 12, 2008
Wei Fang, Nanjing, China. Kokoity made an honest mistake. (Times Online)
Entrance fees at tourist attraction fueling controversy Sep 12, 2008
BEIJING, Sept. 12 -- A popular tourist attraction in the city of Nanjing in Jiangsu province is fueling controversy for its entrance fees, amid an increasing trend at museums and other scenic spots associated with patriotic education dropping their admission charges ... The Hong Kong newspaper cited Zhang Yinong, a member of the Nanjing branch of the Jiu San Society, one of the country's eight non-Communist parties, as saying that the mausoleum management's interests had hurt the public interest... (Xinhuanet, China)
Coating contender scores in China Sep 10, 2008
Long-range plans call for construction of two or three more facilities in other regions of the country, including Nanjing, a major inland port city on the Yangtse River. An unnamed Singapore investor has already put up $1 million to co-invest in a Nanjing facility. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Supply glut worries Chinese pearl industry Sep 10, 2008
"All kinds of people come to buy pearls, Chinese and foreigners," said Wang Caijiao, who has been selling pearls in a shop on Nanjing Road, one of Shanghai's busiest commercial streets, for seven years. The massive volume of freshwater pearls on the market has made the gem affordable to the masses, but the glut is also bad news for the pearl industry, which frets over the sinking prices and the resulting damage to the gem's image of exclusivity. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Investors wait for Chinese property bargains Sep 9, 2008
A Nanjing property tycoon, Liu Fulin, abandoned his home building business in February in favor of pig farming when hog prices soared, local television reported. Another firm in the same eastern city, Nanjing Panlong Jinling Property Development, went bankrupt in July, according to the property Web site Focus. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
'Bonesetter's' designer Feng likes a challenge Sep 8, 2008
The 46-year-old designer, who looks a decade younger, was born in Nanjing, China, and graduated from the China Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou. She moved to New York in the mid-1980s to try her luck at fashion design, showing her diaphanous, colorful Issey Miyake-like pleated tops, scarves and dresses at New York Fashion Week in the early '90s. (San Francisco Chronicle)
* Tsai Chi-huang shoots 66 to share the lead in Chengdu Sep 7, 2008
Liao Guiming, winner in Nanjing in May, will also play in the last group after recording a career-best 65 to leap to joint-third on 11-under with first-round leader Yuan Hao, who shot 70. I feel confident this week because Ive been stable, Chengdu-based Zhang said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Paralympic torch relay ends in Beijing Sep 6, 2008
"Modern" route visited cities Shenzhen, Wuhan, Shanghai, Qingdao, Dalian prior to returning Beijing, while the "ancient China" route picked Xi'an, Hohhot, Changsha, Nanjing and Luoyang. The last torchbearer Zhou Ye holds the torch on the Seventeen-Arch Bridge inside the Summer Palace during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2008. (Xinhuanet, China)
London Taxi's famed black cabs made in China Sep 5, 2008
"We were the right size and available at the right time. It works well for both companies," said Stowe, who in his 15-year auto making career already has completed almost a global tour of the industry, working first for Land Rover, then BMW, Jaguar, Ford, Lotus, MG-Rover and then MG Nanjing a venture set up after Chinese auto maker Nanjing Automobile Group bought MG-Rover ... Stowe, who has sold the rights to his memoir of his experiences working in China with MG Nanjing to the BBC, seems... (Globe and Mail)
Socialism Is Great! A Worker's Memoir Of The New China Sep 4, 2008
Earthy dialogue brings to life the inter-generational tensions in an overcrowded family home in Nanjing; the sniping and gossip of bored workers idling through the monotony of empty days in a state-owned enterprise; and the hopes of those who manage to break away from the government's iron rice bowl to swim in China's rising tide of private business. It is not only the era that sets her story apart from the weepy women's canon of popular Western Chinese memoir. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
