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Don't speak: the art of toeing the line in China
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/10/2012
» The most-heard line across China in the past week was ''Have you ever read a Mo Yan book?'' The question echoed in walkways, elevators and my office canteen. In Beijing, his books have been sold out since last Friday, shortly after he was announced the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Wall Street Journal immediately ran an excerpt of his new book which will be launched in January, while the share price of Xinhua Media, a partner of Shanghai Literature & Art, one of Mo's publishers, rose 10% in a single day's trade.
Of God and greed
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/07/2012
» I cringe every time my Chinese friend utters the words, ''My God!'' It's because she does not hold any religious beliefs. Her People's Republic of China passport does not contain a section for official religious identity. ''I have no religion,'' she told me matter-of-factly. ''I do not pray. I do not go to church.'' She does not believe in God, nor gods.
Outside the box
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/01/2012
» I do not know whether youngsters are still excited by "Kam Kwan Wan Dek" slogans of National Children's Day.
Modern but not developed
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/06/2011
» Is it a sign of age? Nothing seems to surprise me much these days. Indeed, the only thing able to surprise me is the fact that some things never change despite how much the world has changed.