A breath of fresh air

Jason at Over And Out translates a QQ forward of a different sort - a Q&A with a young Chinese writer who is, of all things, speaking reason in these turbulent times.

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My Sadness - An Injustice of Olympic Proportions 16 weeks 6 days ago

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Remember That Time? 2 years 16 weeks ago

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The thing is, everything in China relies on context. It's kind of like when you meet your boyfriend's friends and they're all "Remember that time? Hahahaha!" while you're all "Hi, I'm Meg". They use these half sentences and references to other things, and even an awesome girlfriend just can't keep up."

Chinese writer Ma Jian on the Olympics 15 weeks 16 hours ago