Lijia Zhang's Blog, page 29

my oped in SCMP about how Chinese women are driving the high divorce rate

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3039370/chinas-divorce-rate-spiking-because-women-no-longer-have-accept?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=article&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1574822005

Wanel

https://nuvoices.com/2019/11/10/packed-room-of-40-joined-nuvoices-london-wanel-feat-lijia-zhang-on-lotus-and-chinas-sex-trade/

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Panel on hk

So the battle has been fought and we didn’t lose. This weekend, I participated in Battle of Ideas Festival held at the Barbican Center in London. I am pleased to report that the panel I took part about Hong Kong protests went very well, with my brilliant old friend Fenella Barber and new friend Cindy Yu, skillfully moderated by Austin Williams.

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my talk about Lotus and gender issues in China at SOAS on 7th of Nov

https://nuvoices.com/2019/10/26/nuvoices-london-presents-chinas-underground-sex-industry-and-lotus-with-lijia-zhang/?fbclid=IwAR1RQTvPoeXrx2svMhT1dWHENetyg7gBH1ZB1NoYbzQqqXHuJEmm_jbm9U0

the 100 China books you have to read

Delighted that my memoir made the cut.

https://supchina.com/2019/08/27/the-supchina-book-list/

my panel on HK at 2 pm on Saturday the 2nd of Nov. at Barbican

I have to admit that I’ve become a literature festival junkie. I’ll be taking part in the Battle of Ideas Festival that will be held at the Barbican Center in London on Nov. 2 and 3. I’ll have a panel discussion on the issue of Hong Kong at 2 pm on Saturday the 2nd of Nov.

https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/speaker/lijia-zhang/

Chinese sensation – a wonderful writer-up of Jaipur Literature Festival in London

https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/14/17121/Chinese-Sensation-at-the-Jaipur-Literary-Festival-in-London

my oped on the gulf between mainland and Hong Kong

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3027639/protests-expose-gulf-between-hong-kong-and-mainland-china-could

my oped on child sex abuse in SCMP

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3022501/tackle-chinas-hidden-epidemic-child-sex-abuse-national-child

Sopot

The Polish edition of my memoir (Yes, still milking the same old cow) is called Socialism is Beautiful. The publication of the book was one of the reasons that landed me here at Sopot literature festival. (Yes, I’ve become a literature festival junkie!) I am so pleased to report that my event went very well with a packed enthusiastic audience. I was blessed to have a first class moderator Magosia, a well-know broadcaster, who quickly became my Polish sister and an amazing translator, who seemed to have caught every word I uttered and my old friend Suzi who sat in the front row, nodding and smiling at me admiringly. And I sold several dozen copies! Some of the Polish readers who have read the book told me that what I described in the 80s’ reminded them the life under the Polish Communist rule. And the interviews went well, too!

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