Descrizione

Dialogues è un viaggio affascinante fatto da tante fermate, rappresentate da tante affascinanti storie raccontate da personaggi diversi che, ognuno nel suo campo, stanno contribuendo a definire il tessuto culturale della Cina moderna. E’ un’occasione per scoprire come la gente cinese vede se stessa in una società in rapidissima evoluzione e per conoscere vite ed esperienze di persone straordinarie. Un’originale e lucida visione trasversale della società cinese attuale raccontata, sotto forma di intervista, dai pionieri che la stanno creando.

Elenco dei contenuti:

• INNOVATION
  • Sheng Keyi’s Lost Girls – Sheng Keyi, One of the Most Promising Writers
  • Sculpting Fashion – Sculptor Jia Weike
  • Food from the Heart – Chef Zhang Shaoping
  • In Pursuit of New Year Prints – Four master craftmen
  • “Eye Catching” Chinese Music – Twelve Girls Band
  • The Sping of South Beauty – Zhang Lan, Founder of the South Beauty Group
  • Mastermind of a Mansion’s revival – Zhang Jiasheng, Farmer Turned Entepreneur
  • The Business of Being Monkey – Liuxiaolingtong, Legendary Performer of Sun Wukong

• COMMUNICATION
  • Dispelling the TCM Myths – Acupuncture Master Cheng Xinnong
  • Bridging the Gap Between East and West – Chinese Bridge Competition Director Wang Feng
  • Learning Chinese is more that Learning a language – Professor J. Bellassen, French Sinologist
  • Live and Learn – Ambassador Declan Kelleher of the Republic of Ireland
  • We Need Hypercritical Readers – Publisher Yang Deyan
  • The Cultures of Mankind Are Diverse – Professor Xu Jialu
  • Translating China – Dr. Sidney Shapiro

• INSPIRATION
  • Trust Yourself – One of China’s “Ten Most Inspiring People”
  • Diary of a Street Sleeper – Street Sleeper Tang Laoba
  • The King of Kits – Kite-maker Han Fushan
  • Secret Wonderland – Chinese Teacher Xiao Li
  • Adventures of a “Trendy Old lady” – Pole to Pole with a TOL
  • The Dan of Today – Liu Zheng, a Male Dan Performer of Peking Opera
  • We Do’t have to Till Land Any More – Farmer Zhang Heshan

• INTROSPECTION
  • What will the Future Be Like? – Chinese Thoughts on the Future
  • Tibet in the Artistic Imagination – Artist Chen Danqing
  • All Hail the Queen of Weibo – Yao Chen, China’s most popular microblogger
  • Make the Youg Lover’s Edition of the Peony Pavilion a Haousehold Name – Cai Shaohua, director of Suzhou Kungqu Opera Troupe
  • Grateful for Everything in Life – Yue-Sai Kan, founder of the “YSK” Brand
  • Every City Needs Its Own Special Characteristics – Mayor Aimo Ahti
  • Dissemination Is a Repayment to the Public – Abbot Shi Yongxin of Shaolin Temple