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Paid to Cry: Chinese Professional Wailers at Funeral
ZILING CHEN discusses her original research into the tradition of funeral mourners in China. Professional wailers, or funeral mourners, are performers paid…
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The Letters of Wang Xiaobo: A New Translation
Discover a new translation of the correspondence of author Wang Xiaobo by XINNING SHAO. Translator’s Note For a long time, my most…
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At Legal Crossroads: Tang Law and Foreigners in Seventh-Century Turfan
AURELIA DOCHNAL considers the conception of foreigners in Tang dynasty China. (Image: Tang-era statue of a foreigner. Wikimedia Commons) The Tang dynasty…
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Discourses on Salt and Iron
by Tyler J. Hayward Introduction to the Text Huan Kuan’s (first century BCE) Discourses on Salt and Iron (鹽鐵論Yantie Lun) documents…
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Rainfall in the Midst of Autumn
秋夜雨中 崔致远 (857-900) 秋风唯苦吟，举世少知音。 窗前三更雨，灯前万里心 Rainfall in the Midst of Autumn Choe Chiwon (857-900) Translated by Jonathan Chan in the autumn wind…
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Flying Tigers: U.S. and China
MATT KIRSCHNER reflects on Chinese-American relations from a historical and personal perspective. Liu Zhengde was seven years old when Japanese soldiers invaded…