Chinese Poetry

Briefs, December 23, 2012

23 Dec 2012

An anthology of 100 bamboo-themed Chinese poems has been published that features a foreword and a poem by former president Jiang Zemin.

5:26AM

Materialism a threat to China's literary culture, fears Wang Anyi

21 Oct 2012

With more than 60 literary works under her belt, Shanghai-based author Wang Anyi is regarded as one of the most prolific and influential writers in contemporary China.

4:52PM

An architect with a song in his heart

13 Apr 2012

In ancient China, poetry was like song: Tang (619-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasty poems were often accompanied by music and performed at banquets and other gatherings.

12:35PM

Excavator crushes farmer to death

13 Jul 2011

A villager was crushed to death by an excavator during a dispute between farmers and a company that was pushing ahead with a construction project on their land in Gan county, Jiangxi province ,...

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Cantonese poets' society

12 Apr 2010

Cheung Ka-ka only uses a small part of her notebook to jot things down in class. She devotes most of the pages to scribbling short, incomplete sentences about her thoughts on daily life.

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Rhyme with reason

12 Apr 2008

Anita Chan Ka-tung mused about living on a far-off planet like the one inhabited by the Little Prince. So she caught the spark of inspiration and started writing a poem. The Form Two student had...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

4:13PM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Home helper tells why Beijing's wealthy appreciate a man's touch

Guo Hecai, 32, from Hanshan county, Anhui province, was snubbed several times when he first started looking for work as a home help but has since carved a niche among wealthy clients in Beijing....

11:36AM

Singing the classic poems

Many young people may have a hard time when it comes to studying classical Chinese literature. Understanding the meaning of classical Chinese is one thing, but memorising text that's not written...

8:54PM

Budding young poet finds her inspiration from old masters

Ancient Chinese poetry holds special appeal for Winnie Tsui Wai, a winner in a prestigious Hong Kong poetry competition.

The classical novel Story of Stones cast a spell over her as a...

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What's On

ENGLISH ARTS

Why not make good use of your holiday and show off your talent by joining the Longman Inter-school English Language Arts Competition?

11:02PM

Deeds, poets and society

ZHENG DANYI has a dream. The poet wants to create a community that brings all creative forces together to make a better society.

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Local snapshots to savour

Hong Kong authors are a highly reflective, melancholy lot, if those represented in a new collection of short stories are typical. The quiet, slow pace of their storytelling and their proximity to...

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