In Tiger Writing, fiction writer Gish Jen presents three essays on the disparity between East and West in how the self is conceptualised.
On the cover of The Bathing Women, a young woman with an Anna May Wong bob framing her pink mouth reclines in silks, suggesting similarly soft-focus, exoticised portraiture à la Amy Tan or Lisa See lies within.
Nothing exemplifies the absurd aspect of China's economic growth like the rash of museums and theme parks sprouting nationwide...