Another Decade Coming and Going: Mainland China Through the Eyes of a Taiwanese Cultural Figure (2003-2016)

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Authors: Lin Guofang / Sun Xiaoning
Publisher: The Commercial Press

Content Summary:
Continuing the line of observation in "A Decade of Comings and Goings," "Again · A Decade of Comings and Goings" is a cultural interview record between the renowned Taiwanese Zen practitioner and cultural critic Mr. Lin Guofang and the veteran media figure Sun Xiaoning. Sun Xiaoning is a veteran media figure and book reviewer, currently working at the Beijing Evening News. She reads books, reads people, and reads the world. She is the author of "Seeing the Scenery but Not the Love," "Imprinting the Heart," and others. Her essay "Western Yunnan Notes" won the 6th Presence-ism Essay Award.

The book takes as its main thread a Taiwanese cultural figure's reflections on the social and cultural development of both sides of the strait, formed over nearly a decade of hundreds of trips to the mainland. It touches on many areas including cross-strait exchange, ethnic integration, urban and rural development, cultural heritage, the information revolution, and industrial misconceptions.
It is both an insightful social observation and humanistic reflection on the mainland's development in recent years, and we...

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