Oct 29,2010

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Social maladies inspire French Writer

Contemporary French writers like Blandine Le Callet still echo the ideals of the 18th century Enlightenment, a time of rational criticism. “Writers in 18th century used their work to fight imperial domination. Today, we continue their critical observations of society,” she said.

Art born from oppression in Chile

Chile draws much unwanted international attention with its natural disasters – first the frequency of its earthquakes and now a copper-gold mining accident. But the country’s contemporary art is a topic quite unfamiliar to the news-watching public.

Bookworm book listing

Iggy McGovern’s collection of poetry won the inaugural Glen Dimplex New Writers Award for Poetry in 2006. Many of the poems are about being a son and about being a father, and how sons become fathers themselves.

Tales of the Bund – Filmmaker’s new experiment in documentary

The Bund, located on the western bank of the Huangpu River, is the epitome of modern Chinese history, a museum of Western architecture and the icon of Shanghai.

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

Few movies adapted from video games ever achieve both commercial success and critical acclaim. Tomb Raider was fairly well received, as was much of the Resident Evil series.

Rocket surgery of rocket science?

My cousin, who works in the US, recently took her American husband Johnny to China for a two-month vacation. Johnny is a good conversationalist.

Beware of the online translator!

That is what this sign is telling you. Put in the time, put in the effort. Memorize the vocabulary and do the grammar exercises, even if it makes you want to gouge your eyes out.

Blacklist

This phrase is wrongly used with an erratic definite article. It does not have that definite article. It is fairly tricky, but you have to commit it to memory as that is the way English is spoken. “By way of” may mean “through” or “via”…

Keep your lips safe this winter

At first it was a mild annoyance, but her lips became painfully inflamed after eating hot pot with her clients last month. Although she wore lip gloss and applied antibiotic ointment several times a day, the dryness and swelling only worsened.