Absurdity, Allegory and China

On the afternoon of December 3, 2008 I went to Beijing and (surprise! surprise!) shot more photos of the CCTV Headquarters Building, 366 days – it’s a leap year – after I shot my fist photo of the building. Obsessions being what they are, it seemed to be a thing I needed to do. For [...]

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Very good essay at The China Beat blog by James Leibold entitled “Whose People’s Games? Ethnic Identity and the 2008 Beijing Olympics” This sort of chauvinism is largely hidden and subconscious. Take for example, the use of Han actors to portray the minority children at the opening ceremony. Facing criticism from the foreign media, BOCOG [...]

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