Through India’s Spiritual Landscape
OCTOBER 30, 2009 Much has changed since William Dalrymple moved to India in 1989 to write “City of Djinns,” his best-selling portrait of Delhi at the dawn of India’s economic […]
Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal
Fifty Years of Exile
Wall Street Journal Asia March 20, 2009 Samdhong Rinpoche fled Tibet in 1959 but he still remembers his homeland vividly. “My memories of my life in Tibet are more clear […]
Ancient Art From Sichuan Twists Chinese History
The Asian Wall Street Journal May10, 2002 A summer’s day began like any other day for a group of Chinese brickworkers in the village of Sanxingdui, in Sichuan province. They […]
Scribbles From the Underground
The Asian Wall Street Journal 8 February 2002 During the dark years of China’s Cultural Revolution, the writer-artist Mu Xin was imprisoned in an abandoned air-raid shelter in Shanghai. His […]
Dancing Into the Future — Cambodia Restores Its Lost Culture
The Asian Wall Street Journal 28 December 2001 Traditionally in Cambodia, dance is the stuff of gods. For centuries, Cambodia’s folklore has been preserved in narratives enacted by prancing apsara, […]
Modern Chinese Painting Flies Like a Heavenly Horse
The Asian Wall Street Journal June 15, 2001 During the early 20th century, in a relatively short period of time, China’s longstanding imperial traditions crumbled and gave way to the […]
China on Its Toes – Dance and Allegory at Guangdong Modern
Wall Street Journal Asia May 25, 2001 Four dancers from the Guangdong Modern Dance Company are framed in squares of light on the floor of a dark stage. In silence, they pivot on their […]
Focused on China’s Fringe
The Asian Wall Street Journal January 21 2000 Atmospheric intimacy — often viscerally intense — is the hallmark of the Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yuan. This time, he’s found it in […]
Turning Loss into Beauty: The Tragedies of Geling Yan
The Asian Wall Street Journal June 25 1999 Geling Yan writes about loss. Like so many others from her generation, the Chinese novelist and screenwriter lost her innocence and much […]
Cinema: Going Beyond Gore, Zhou Chases the `Texture of Life’
Asian Wall Street Journal March 5, 1999 Clad entirely in black, bearded and sporting a leather jacket, Zhou Xiaowen certainly looks the part of China’s latest “renegade” filmmaker. About what […]
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