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Li Juan (author)
Li Juan (Chinese: 李娟; born July 1979) is a Chinese essayist. Most of her works are centred around nomadic life in the Altay region of Xinjiang. Biography Li Juan was born in 1979 in Kuytun City, Xinjiang. Her parents were originally from Sichuan Province. She began to publish her writing in 1999 and has since published more than ten essay collections. Most of her works detail her personal experiences of the landscape and Kazakh nomads of Xinjiang's Altay region. Li was among the winners of the Seventh Lu Xun Literary Prize (2014–17). In a ''New York Times'' article, Eric Abrahamsen wrote that Li's career has taken a "wild path" and that she "may be as far outside of the system as Chinese writers are able to get and still publish". Her memoir is the basis for ''To the Wonder ''To the Wonder'' is a 2012 American experimental romantic drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick and starring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, and Javier Bardem. Filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Characters
Chinese characters are logographs used Written Chinese, to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Of the four independently invented writing systems accepted by scholars, they represent the only one that has remained in continuous use. Over a documented history spanning more than three millennia, the function, style, and means of writing characters have changed greatly. Unlike letters in alphabets that reflect the sounds of speech, Chinese characters generally represent morphemes, the units of meaning in a language. Writing all of the frequently used vocabulary in a language requires roughly 2000–3000 characters; , nearly have been identified and included in ''The Unicode Standard''. Characters are created according to several principles, where aspects of shape and pronunciation may be used to indicate the character's meaning. The first attested characters are oracle bone inscriptions made during the 13th century&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altay Prefecture
Altay Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 561,667 (2000). It is a part of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. As of the 2000 census, Altay was the only major subdivision of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture with an ethnic Kazakhs, Kazakh majority (about 51%). In 2007, it had a GDP of Renminbi, RMB 9.9 billion with a 12% growth rate. It also shares an international border with the neighboring Altai Republic, located within Russia. Altay is considered the birthplace of skiing, based on 10,000 to 30,000 year old cave paintings depicting skiers. Geography Both the Irtysh, Irtysh River and the Ulungur River run through the prefecture. The Kanas Lake, Kanas Lake and Ulungur Lake reside in the north. The Altay Prefecture has an average elevation of 1,408 meters; with a minimum elevation of 246 meters and a maximum of 4, 178 meters. Subdivisions The prefecture is divided into one county-level city and six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the Northwest China, northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. Being the List of Chinese administrative divisions by area, largest province-level division of China by area and the List of the largest country subdivisions by area, 8th-largest country subdivision in the world, Xinjiang spans over and has about 25 million inhabitants. Xinjiang Borders of China, borders the countries of Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan. The rugged Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, Kunlun and Tian Shan mountain ranges occupy much of Xinjiang's borders, as well as its western and southern regions. The Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract regions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuytun
Kuytun () or Kuitun ( zh, c=奎屯) is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the Lanxin railway, railway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, close to a desert. Kuytun has historically been associated with the 7th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, 7th Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division (), which ran the city until 1975 but still administers its Tianbei New Area. Local industries include food processing and textile industries, as well as Kuitun Power Plant. Name The name ''Kuytun'' is from the Mongolian language, Mongolian word "" (), which literally means "cold". The Chinese name ''Kuiteng'' () first appeared in the official historical book ''History of Yuan'', and referred to the Kuytun River. According to legend, during Genghis Khan's campaign of Mongol invasions and conquests, westard expansion, some of his troops were stationed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sichuan
Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Chengdu, and its population stands at 83 million. Sichuan neighbors Qinghai and Gansu to the north, Shaanxi and Chongqing to the east, Guizhou and Yunnan to the south, and Tibet to the west. During antiquity, Sichuan was home to the kingdoms of Ba and Shu until their incorporation by the Qin. During the Three Kingdoms era (220–280), Liu Bei's state of Shu was based in Sichuan. The area was devastated in the 17th century by Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion and the area's subsequent Manchu conquest, but recovered to become one of China's most productive areas by the 19th century. During World War II, Chongqing served as the temporary capital of the Republic of China, and was heavily bombed. It was one of the last mainland areas captured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lu Xun Literary Prize
The Lu Xun Literary Prize (or Lu Xun Literature Prize) 鲁迅文学奖 is a literary prize awarded by China Writers Association. It is one of China's top four literary prizes and is named after Lu Xun and has been awarded every three years since 1995. Its predecessor, the National Outstanding Short Story Award and National Outstanding Novella Award, was established since the beginning of the new-era literature in the early 1980s. Some of the critics believe that the credibility of "Lu Xun Literary Prize" is getting worse, and the basic attitude of their criticisms is that the "Lu Xun Literary Prize" has nothing to do with the "Lu Xun's Spirit", and "lacks specific standards", "is a black box operation", and "is a money-for-award transaction". The prize should be awarded to the really outstanding writers, and the process of appraisal and election should be transparent. The 2010 Lu Xun literature prize 5th Award Ceremony was held in Shaoxing on October 19, 2010. Che Yangao, secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Abrahamsen
Eric Abrahamsen (born 1978) is an American award-winning literary translator from Chinese to English.Eric Abrahamsen, Paper Republic website, https://paper-republic.org/ericabrahamsen/ Biography Abrahamsen studied Chinese at the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing from 2001, and remained in China until 2016, translating and promoting Chinese literature. He hosts the website ''Paper Republic''. Awards * Awarded a PEN Translation Grant for his translation of Wang Xiaobo's ''My Spiritual Homeland''. * Awarded a NEA grant for his translation of Xu Zechen's ''Running Through Beijing''. * Shortlisted for the National Translation Award for his translation of Xu Zechen's ''Running Through Beijing''. * 2015 - Awarded Special Book Award of China Publications Abrahamsen has translated numerous works of varying lengths, which have been published in ''The New Yorker'', ''Granta'', ''n+1'', and Paper Republic. He also writes about contemporary Chinese literature. Transla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To The Wonder (TV Series)
''To the Wonder'' ( zh, 我的阿勒泰) is a 2024 Chinese television drama, Chinese drama series, adapted from the chapter on pastoral marriage in contemporary Chinese writer Li Juan (author), Li Juan's essay collection ''My Altay'' ( zh, 我的阿勒泰). Directed by Teng Congcong, who also wrote the screenplay with Peng Yining, the series stars Ma Yili, Zhou Yiran, and Yu Shi (actor), Yu Shi, with Jiang Qiming and Yan Peilun in special roles, and Huang Xiaojuan, Alimjan Tursenbek, Alima, and Hailati Hamu in major roles. The series was selected for the Best Long Drama Competition at the 2024 Canneseries, 7th Cannes Series Festival in 2024, making it the first Chinese-language long drama to be nominated for this category. It was also screened at the 14th Beijing International Film Festival, with its Asian premiere held on April 25 in Beijing. On May 7 of the same year, the series premiered simultaneously on China Central Television (CCTV-1) during prime time and on iQIYI's Weichen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscription model, requiring readers to pay for access to most of its articles and content. The ''Journal'' is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. As of 2023, ''The'' ''Wall Street Journal'' is the List of newspapers in the United States, largest newspaper in the United States by print circulation, with 609,650 print subscribers. It has 3.17 million digital subscribers, the second-most in the nation after ''The New York Times''. The newspaper is one of the United States' Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. The first issue of the newspaper was published on July 8, 1889. The Editorial board at The Wall Street Journal, editorial page of the ''Journal'' is typically center-right in its positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Births
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** In 1979, the United States officially severed diplomatic ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan). This decision marked a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, turning to view the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 6 – Geylang Bahru family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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