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» DANGEROUS WORDS: A Profile of Chinese Poet and People’s Historian Liao Yiwu...
Three months after this was written, Liao Yiwu escaped China and sought asylum in Germany. He has also since released a vivid memoir of his years in detention, For a Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet’s...
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» PEOPLE’S HISTORIAN LIAO YIWU (廖亦武) LEAVES CHINA
Liao Yiwu in Wenjiang, July 2010. Photo (c) Brian Awehali JULY 2011 | After repeatedly being threatened with imprisonment if he chose to continue publishing his “illegal work” in foreign countries,...
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» APPROXIMATE DEMOLITION IN CHINA
by Brian Awehali THE CHINESE ARE VERY SECRETIVE ABOUT THINGS WHEN THEY GO WRONG. You can’t just go online or read a paper to find out what happened with this gloriously wrong-looking demolition in...
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» GOLDEN HOUR THOUGHTS IN LHAGONG, KHAM, TIBET
by Brian Awehali Traveling through Kham, in what’s called the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), I had the considerable pleasure of staying in Lhagong. Chinese people will tell you it’s named Tagong, but...
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» CHINESE PIGEON RACING & CONFINEMENT IN CHENGDU
by Brian Awehali Kitebird flown at People’s Park, Chengdu in 2010. – (c) 2012, Brian Awehali “I’m very worried,” said Mr. C., our interpreter and guide, as our driver pulled into the courtyard. His...
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» THE TWIN ENGINEERING WONDERS OF DUJIANGYAN: Irrigation & Detention
by Brian Awehali Dujiangyan Irrigation Park shishi, or Imperial Guardian Lion (石獅), photo (c) 2013 Brian Awehali Dujiangyan is a system of irrigation channels largely responsible for the renowned...
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» RABBIT, NUN & POWERS IN TIBET
by Brian Awehali Tibetan nun and rabbit, alongside Han Chinese roadbloack heading into Tibet. Photo (c) 2013 Brian Awehali There’s really only one highway going from southwest China to Tibet, and it’s...
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