COMMENT›INSIGHT & OPINION Debunking the myths of Mao Zedong Eric Li says though the Chinese people paid a heavy price for Mao’s catastrophic blunders, his leadership set the stage for the country’s economic take-off – a fact ignored by many Western critics, while Lijia Zhang believes that the Chinese people’s admiration for him should be… Continue reading Legacy of Chairman Mao – my oped in SCMP

8:30 am Dec 13, 2013 CULTURE A Story of Rural Wartime China, 70 Years in the Making ARTICLE SLIDESHOW COMMENTS (2) BOOKS CULTURAL REVOLUTION ISABEL CROOK SICHUAN smaller Larger facebook twitter google plus linked in Email Print Isabel Crook spent most of the year from 1940 to 1941 walking the streets of a rural village… Continue reading Comrade Isabel Crook, publish her book at 98

How Do the Chinese View Britain? By Lijia Zhang “Is London still foggy?” People always ask me this question when I tell them that I lived there for a few years. Many ordinary Chinese formed such an impression from Dickens’ Oliver Twist or An Orphan In the Foggy Capital, as it’s calledin Chinese. Apart from… Continue reading the Chinese view of Britain – my piece for the BBC radio

My voice is still horse – from laughing too hard. The other night, I went to see the dress rehearsal and found it much better and enjoyable than expected, not only because my girl starred in it: May plays the lead role Dorothy and Kirsty the good witch – the Witch of the East (yes,… Continue reading Christmas panto The Wizard of Oz hits Beijing stage

COMMENT China’s rebels with a feminist cause Lijia Zhang says cause of equality is well served by activists’ dedication PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 04 December, 2013, 7:59pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 04 December, 2013, 11:02pm Lijia Zhang Most Popular VIEWED SHARED COMMENTED Vigilance the key to containing H7N9 bird flu virus What price freedom of expression? Tesco… Continue reading my op-ed in SCMP about the controvercy over The Vagina Monologue