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...might be a bit premature to compare expat Singaporean author Lau Siew Mei to Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, but her first novel, Playing Madame Mao, is certainly evocative of the Nobel laureate's One Hundred Years of Solitude. Lau's work is also one of the best novels ever written about Singapore...
Mayor Shao, the cheerful leader of a small village in Shandong province in northeastern China, is a patriotic sort. For many years he kept a picture of Mao Zedong by his bedside, and he still goes about his business in a frayed Mao jacket. But when asked if he recognizes the name of Hu Jintao, China's future President, Shao goes blank. Furrowing his brow and considering the question again, he asks for a hint: "Is this Mr. Hu that famous actor from America? You know, the one with all those big muscles...
...Mao's face still adorns everything from the gate of the Forbidden City to kitschy Cultural Revolution clocks. The portraits serve as frequent reminders that, with each succeeding generation of cadres, the throw weight of Beijing has diminished. Market liberalization introduced by Mao's successor, Deng Xiaoping, started the decay by freeing millions of entrepreneurs from the state's grasp. Today, Jiang, only the third leader in the history of the People's Republic, has neither the adulation of the masses nor the authority of his predecessors. It is the thousands of mayors, governors, Communist Party chiefs and other functionaries...
...belated effort to raise Jiang's stature in the party pantheon is under way. "Glorious Jiang is the Core of Our Country's Future," intoned one recent newspaper editorial. Political acolytes are lobbying to enshrine Jiang's tepid ideology alongside Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, the hallowed manifestos that form the foundation of correct political thought in China. Getting anyone but scholars to pay attention to Jiang's national mission statement is a challenge. Few outside intellectual circles can name even one of the "Three Represents," his awkward effort to integrate modern capitalism with communist principles...
...People's Literature Publishing House, Harry's official Mandarin translator, seems powerless to protect its copyright. An official box set of the first three Potter books was published in October 2000 with an initial printing of 600,000 copies, which means Rowling may be China's biggest author since Mao. But circulation of illegal copies has cut into her official sales. One thing's for sure: diehard Hogwarts fans will be less than dazzled by the imposter's literary gifts. The book begins with Harry "lying in a luxurious bathtub," pondering his cousin "Dudley's face, which...