The French writer Victor Hugo has become very fashionable in China rather suddenly. That’s because of what Hugo had to say about the sacking of the Summer Palace at the end of the Second Opium War. At that time in... ...full story at Tim Johnson
from Tim Johnson on Mon, Mar 02 2009
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Parcero/Juba/Victor »
YouTube video En un gig tocando bossanova... era una fiesta brasilera aqui en Shanghai... El maestro Junior Juba(Maestro Porra jeje)from Brasil on guitar and Juan Carlos Ramirez from Colombia on Percusion(Parcero) and Victor Hugo Chumpitaz from Peru on Keyboards... i... |
| 10 Mar 09 |
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Chinese girl and anti-Chinese French on a plane » Danwei Fauna from ChinaSMACK translates a post on the Mop forum about an encounter between a Chinese girl and some French people － which diverges into the realm of the bronze heads, Victor Hugo, and Sarkozy in the comments. The conversation itself ... |
| 12 Jan 09 |
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Will the Economic Downturn Will Increase Social Instability in China? My take. » All Roads Following the receipt of Wang Tao’s report, and after reading Victor Shih’s email, I took a bit of time to write down some thoughts in an email to victor (which I have copied below). Not an alarmist by nature, I believe that Victor response... |
| 25 Oct 09 |
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China: Relics of the Old Summer Palace » Global Voices Back in the news again is Beijing’s Old Summer Palace, whose destruction still remains a sensitive topic in China. Built during the Qing Dynasty, it was later sacked by British and French troops in 1860 during the Second Opium War. Countless works of a... |
| 22 Jan 09 |
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Singing in Beijing » Danwei From director, producer and writer Victor Muh, a short documentary about a retired Chinese man who sings every day in Tuanjiehu park (团结湖公园). Tags: documentary, Sing Beijing, Victor Muh This article is from Danwei.org |
| 30 Mar 09 |
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Sir Victor Sassoon, a Most Fortunate Expat » China Expat Sassoon with unidentified admirer His great-grandfather made the family English nobility through Chinese opium profits. But Victor Sassoon wasn't interested in a gentleman's life of leisure. He wished to mak... |
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