Folk outfits and acquired public: Sunday’s opening of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) looked like a meeting for President Xi Jinping, on his way to a 3rd term that would make him the most powerful leader of China since Mao Tse-tung. In the imposing People’s Palace, which dominates Tiananmen Square in … Read more
Chinese calligraphy converted from ” fonttaopng.com “. Image by Oiwan Lam. In recent years, the Chinese term “Jade” or “Fei Cui” (翡翠) has been used by overseas Chinese dissidents as a code phrase to criticize Chinese President Xi Jinping. The trend is likely to continue as Chinese political dissidents have just launched an online campaign … Read more
À l’heure du XXe congrès du Parti communiste chinois, le président a retrouvé la main de fer de Mao pour diriger l’empire du Milieu. C’est un coin de Chine sans charme, où l’extrême laideur rivalise avec l’ennui. Les hivers y sont rudes et sans fin, l’été n’y est que touffeur. Liangjiahe, lieu-dit du Shaanxi, à … Read more