Travel Reference
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Chovanec, Patrick.
http://chovanec.wordpress.com
. Patrick Chovanec is a professor at
Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management in Beijing, and he writes
regularly about the nation's politics and economy.
Danwei,
www.danwei.com
.
An informative website and research firm that tracks Chinese
media and Internet, as well as providing translations of interesting news stories and post-
ing media-related jobs. It's often blocked in China, so you may need a VPN/proxy ser-
vice to access it.
Fallows, James,
www.theatlantic.com/james-fallows
.
National correspondent for
The At-
lantic
and formally its China correspondent, Fallows still keeps an occasional eye on
what's happening in the People's Republic.
Osnos, Evan,
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos
.
New Yorker
correspondent in
Beijing, Osnos writes regularly, succinctly, and with authority about politics and other
newsworthy happenings in China. Worth adding to your RSS feeds.
The Peking Duck,
www.pekingduck.org
.
A blend of personal journal, philosophy, news,
and more from Richard Burger, the Beijing-based author of
Behind the Red Door: Sex in
China.
Beijing Bicycle.
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai. 113 minutes. Sony Pictures Classics, 2001. A
quiet film that looks at the relationship that develops between two boys in Beijing when
one buys the stolen bicycle of the other from a secondhand market.
Big Shot's Funeral.
Directed by Feng Xiaogang. 100 minutes. Columbia Tristar, 2001. A
comedy that has Donald Sutherland playing a hotshot film director who comes to Beijing
to direct a historical epic. When he suddenly dies, communication problems surface and
they decide to give him an imperial-style funeral.
Farewell My Concubine.
Directed by Chen Kaige. 171 minutes. Miramax Films, 1993. The
story of two male Peking opera stars—one who plays the male role in the onstage duo,
and the other who plays the female role. Their relationship is damaged when the latter
falls in love with the former in real life, offstage. This is a powerful film, depicting not
only attitudes toward homosexuality in China in the 20th century, but also the changing
culture of Peking opera—not to mention a photo album of Beijing itself.
