Megan Shank is an editor, writer and translator living in Shanghai, China.
Zheng convicted of accepting bribes, dereliction of duty
Updated: 10:59 p.m. ET May 28, 2007
BEIJING - China’s top drug regulator was sentenced to death on charges of corruption and negligence, state media said Tuesday, the latest development stemming from growing alarm over the country’s poor food-safety record.
Zheng Xiaoyu was convicted and sentenced “on charges of taking [...]
A PERISCOPE PIECE FOR OUR MAY 2007 MAGAZINE. SHI DOES WONDERFUL PIECES FOR US.
Periscope
Beijing Art Walk
By Shi Yun
Currently, art activities in China often tend to go one of two ways: snobby or insurmountable. Art Walk Beijing, which first debuted March 10 at Dashanzi Art District in Beijing, has defied that limitation. American-born Chinese Ouyang [...]
I’m taking a day off today to catch up with various projects, including, I hope, this blog. I’ve already posted some things from our April and May magazines today. I’ll never post all of it, but I’d like to start posting the big features, at least.
May has gone by so quickly — it’s been [...]
THIS STORY WAS LIKEWISE DIFFICULT TO EDIT. I’M SLOWLY LEARNING HOW TO MAKE THIS DRY MATERIAL A LITTLE MORE SEXY, BUT IT’S A STEEP LEARNING CURVE FOR ME. PUBLISHED MAY 2007.
A Record Year for Foreign Real Estate Investors
By Wu Xiaobo
“At that time, we thought that Shanghai alone was really big, and could completely fulfill our [...]
FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS WITH THE WRITER. WE COULDN’T WRANGLE THE BEAST. FORTUNATELY, WE TACKED IT DOWN FOR OUR MAY 2007 ISSUE. MY TRANSLATION, FOLLOWED BY THE ORIGINAL CHINESE.
Why Does the Railroad Hesitate to Advance?
In the Chinese version of Monopoly, the train stations — whether Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai or Chongqing — are all evenly priced [...]
THIS IS A PIECE A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WROTE FOR OUR MAY 2007 EDITION.
Directors Dance with the State
By Ari Sznajder
The setting is right for a Kung Fu epic, but today Zhang Yuedong and his clan have taken over the dusty hutong alleyways of Xiaopucun to make a low budget independent film. In this [...]
THIS IS A BOOK REVIEW WE DID FOR MAY. I EDITED CHINESE AND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.
The Lover’s Lover
Marguerite Duras’ novel “The Lover,” the author’s most well known work in China and the subject of a film, tells the story of a torrid love affair between a French girl and a Chinese man set in Vietnam. [...]
THIS IS A BOOK REVIEW I EDITED, CO-WROTE FOR OUR APRIL 2007 EDITION.
BOOK
Zhu Wen’s Women
Zhu Wen may have a background in electrical engineering, but in “Look at Women,” he’s trying to determine how the other half is wired.
In this collection of eight autobiographically based fiction stories, some women flame into Zhu’s life, while others [...]
THIS WAS A PIECE I EDITED FOR NEWSWEEK SELECT’S MAY 2007 ISSUE. I THINK IT’S ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.
Periscope
A Fairy Tale for 1,001 People
By Shi Yun (Beijing)
A wall of Ai Weiwei’s art studio is tightly plastered with 20 sheets of paper, covered with lists of names. One such name is that of Li Baoyuan, a farmer [...]
FOR NEWSWEEK SELECT’S MAY ISSUE. I HAD TO PURSUE WANG SHUO FOR ABOUT A MONTH. I INTERVIEWED HIM IN CHINESE, BUT I TRANSLATED THE Q&A.
Q&A
Wang Shuo
The notorious punk lit writer Wang Shuo won’t let you call him an author any more than he’ll allow you to label him an addict. In a rare interview, [...]