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...effects and future of “Hallyu” or the “Korean wave” of pop culture in East Asia. The panel offered cross-disciplinary perspectives on the Hallyu phenomenon. The standing room only event featured Korean song writer and music manager Jin-Young Park and actress and television personality Jung-Sook Park—both famous in their fields. Several members of the panel said the flood of movies, music, and television programs is an important force in breaking down national barriers in East Asia. Jung-Sook Park described Hallyu...
...back atmosphere. It's China's L.A.; the stressed-out Type A lifestyle is, like, so Shanghai. But also at work is their desire to catch up to China's wealthier metropolises. Like many nouveau riche, people in Chengdu have got into a keeping-up-with-the-Wangs mentality. Jin Jin, 27, a staff member at a local university, says he spends 10 times more each month than he did two years ago, especially on branded sportswear from Nike, Adidas and Reebok. "The reason I do this is because I cannot make my girlfriend think that I am poor...
...libretto, by Tan Dun and Chinese-American novelist Ha Jin, adheres to the contours of The Emperor's Shadow, but with a different ending: Jianli cuts out his own tongue, and the anthem he leaves to be sung is a slave song we heard at the beginning of Act 2. The writers have trouble marshalling the movie's dramatic pull; their lyrics don't put the personal conflicts across with the same clarity and intensity. Domingo, a trouper at 64, has the notes down but struggles with his enunciation. (Even though he's singing in English, we needed the subtitles...
...Joan Chen's 1998 art-house hit Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl. Yan emigrated to the U.S. after the 1989 Beijing crackdown and now lives in San Francisco, where she is a leading figure in China's post-Tiananmen literary diaspora. Others include best-selling novelists like Ha Jin (Waiting) and Ma Jian (Red Dust), as well as newcomers such as Da Chen (whose Brothers came out in September). Like many of the American writers who decamped to Europe in the last century, these transplants write largely about their homeland. The Internet, satellite television and eased travel restrictions keep...
...want to support the entire North Korean population,” Linton said. “China is not in our car and will not help us push North Korea to the wall.” South Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations, Choi Young-jin, who was also at the talk, maintained that North Korea would outlast the pressure to disarm. “Iran’s nuclear program is motivated by aspiration,” he said, “while North Korea’s is motivated by desperation...