China has it's own versions of American Idol and the Apprentice, but the most popular TV shows are still soap operas about imperial China. When you cannot talk about politics openly and freely, talking history can serve as subtle political commentary on the present.
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please send for me about politics iran from your archive in date> march/april.1982,pp.10-11 .
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March 16, 2008 8:57 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on March 16, 2008 08:57
please send for me about politics iran from your archive in date> march/april.1982,pp.10-11 .
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March 16, 2008 8:56 AM | Report Offensive Comments
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please send for me about politics iran from your archive in date> march/april.1982,pp.10-11 .
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March 16, 2008 8:55 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on March 16, 2008 08:55
Fantastic Post, a true insight in china life.
Soap opera is a way to criticise in a way comprehensible to EVERYBODY current social problems, also in =free= countries soap opera is ogten used for that.
Maurizio sales@www.brazilian-cinema.com
January 24, 2008 5:01 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on January 24, 2008 17:01
i just want to say if you can tell are there still emporerors today in china ?if so where if you know please contact me on my phone my number is 773 267-0292 or email me at kingofganster@yahoo.com
April 24, 2007 9:03 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on April 24, 2007 21:03
The phenomenon of "second wives" and mistresses will lead to the breakdown of the traditional family, which will lead to much lower birthrates (as has happened in richer Asian countries already). This is an excellent development, both for China and the world. China is already vastly overpopulated, its resources stretched almost to the breaking point. China's only hope is to reduce its population. If the best way to accomplish that is to reorient people away from their families and toward casual sex, so be it.
April 11, 2007 11:27 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on April 11, 2007 11:27
Smart and cute.
April 10, 2007 7:00 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on April 10, 2007 19:00
This is nothing new to Chinese political culture. Throughout the ages, Chinese poets have been writing about the past as a form of commentary on the current regime.
However, the time periods featured in these poems (or TV series) often highlights the "tone" of the piece. Not until the TV shows are about the fall of the Tang, or some other corrupt and decaying dynasty can we correctly observe that this represents a change in the political landscape.
The scales of the dragon change color in the light, but it's still the dragon.
April 10, 2007 5:41 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on April 10, 2007 17:41
This is fascinating, Annie--a real window into today's China. Perhaps our American problem is that we lack role models. We have empire (of a sort) but no emperors. I sometimes wonder if the American obsession with the Founding Fathers (every month a new book emerges about one of our 18th century savants) reflect a need to reassure ourselves that we weren't always such bumblers.
April 10, 2007 5:09 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on April 10, 2007 17:09
"Many young women would rather take the position of a rich man's mistress than be a poor man’s wife."
Any why shouldn't they?
April 10, 2007 2:13 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on April 10, 2007 14:13
China has progressed very fast economically with world-class infrastructure to boast off, Shanghai being perhaps 'the best' in the world in this aspect! If only China learnt fast that by having a free media you can grow even faster (I mean, economically!), China would certainly become one of the best places on the earth!
April 10, 2007 10:09 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on April 10, 2007 10:09