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Beijing exhibition gives digital makeover to ancient Chinese culture
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The People’s Squeezebox
Once the nation’s most popular instrument, the accordion accompanied many of China’s revolutionary moments
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Give Me a Girl at Age Eighteen
Feng Tang’s once-scandalous debut has aged as badly as its adolescent narrator
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The Wandering Earth
What does the success of The Wandering Earth spell for the future of Chinese cinema and sci-fi?
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Five Most Bizarre Opera Houses
As Chinese cities compete to build the world’s next iconic opera house, here is TWOC’s Top 5
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1,500 Years of Tie Dye
Tie dye pioneer Zhu Xinwei’s new book breathes new life in a traditional Chinese craft
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Interpreting ‘The Deer Park’
An analysis of 19 translations of Wang Wei’s classic poems has just been translated—back into Chinese
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Mapping Chinese Memories
Artist Qiu Zhijie tackles both world and Chinese history at new exhibit
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TWOC TV Ep. 18: Life of Fame
Three rags-to-riches Douyin celebrities share their unlikely road to fame
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Pulling Strings
A one-man workshop in the heart of the mountains recaptures the ancient art of guqin-making
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Lightning Round
In a tale of obsession and invention, Liu Cixin’s latest translated novel puts a new face on the sci-fi master
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