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Zhang Yihe's Statement and Position

Zhang Yihe's book Past Histories of Peking Opera Stars was banned not because of any content, but because of the author. This is her statement in reaction to the ban. ...full story at ESWN

from ESWN on Sat, Jan 20 2007

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