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2025: Vladimir Nestov on Pippi Longstocking in the USSR and Difficulties of Localizing a Foreign Text

Vladimir Nestov Вадим Нестеров wrote on his Live Journal page a fascinating article on the reception of Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking books in the Soviet Union through the work of two translators and several illustrators. Вадим Нестеров blog post is … Continue reading

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2025: Xi’ist Recasting of Lu Xun? “The more national it is, the more universal it becomes.”

An October 2025 “Seeking Truth” Party ideological journal article on Xi Jinping Thought included a striking phrase that Xi Jinping has used a few times: “The more national it is, the more universal it becomes. ” [越是民族的,越是世界的]. To be fair, the … Continue reading

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2021: Four Left-Handed Chinese Calligraphers

These 4 Left-Handed Calligraphers in Chinese History Truly Command Our RespectSource: Calligraphy & Pastoral Life – March 10, 2021 历史上这4位“左撇子”书法家,的确让人敬佩 书法田园2021-03-10 17:31 Due to human physiology, the vast majority of people write with their right hand. But as with everything, … Continue reading

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Ai Weiwei is a Creative Artist by Li Xianting and Chang Yihe

Ai Weiwei is a Creative Artist by Li Xianting  栗宪庭   and Chang Yihe 章诒和 In summer 1957, Gao Ying was pregnant. She was about to have an abortion because the marriage in all but name she has with Ai Qing attracted … Continue reading

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