From Beijing to San Francisco, culture conflicts with Li Yiyun.

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First published on Rue89.com, 08/30/2008.

In the  summer cinema programs,with  the month of August no longer a desert, this year there was a double gift: two films by Wayne Wang, “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” and “The Princess of Nebraska”. Less known than the Sino-American filmmaker, these films are based on works by Li Yiyun , a young Chinese writer living in San Francisco.

Two films, with “A Thousand Years”, very controlled, and “Princess … Lire la suite

Away from the Olympics, a “literary” walk through Beijing.

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Originally published on Rue89, 08/03/2008

(From Beijing). If you have decided to visit Beijing this summer, without fear of heat, of tourists and athletes invasion, as well as of an “Olympic” increase in prices, you can avoid the crowd by visiting the landmarks of the major Chinese writers of the twentieth century, which are part of the history of the capital.

In this city, hundreds of miles of flowered roses for the Olympics, where the … Lire la suite