Bøger om Beijing

Cui bor i Beijing, hvor alle gør hvad de kan for at hustle sig til succes i takt med, at deres forbrug af ligegyldige varer stiger. I omverdenens øjne er han en taber. Midt i 40’erne, skilt, barnløs og indlogeret hos sin søster – hvis mand er besat af at få ham smidt ud – i en lejlighed i udkanten af byen med en stor revne i væggen, som nordenvinden blæser igennem. Det eneste han virkelig bryder sig om er Beethoven og vintage højtalere, og han tjener til dagen og vejen ved at bygge tilpassede, gammeldags forstærkere til rige audio-fanatikere.En dag får han et tip fra en gammel ven om en speciel opgave: en mystisk mand der bor i en stor villa, og udstråler en slet skjult brutalitet, ønsker at få installeret “verdens bedste stereoanlæg”. Det er ikke en opgave uden ricisi, men hvis bare han ikke stiller for mange spørgsmål…Som du ved, lever jeg af at bygge rørforstærkere. Hvis man tæller sammen, er der højst tyve mennesker i Beijing der kalder det her deres levevej. Det er formentlig den mest uanselige branche i nutidens Kina. Det underlige er at selvom vi alle sammen kender hinanden, undgår vi for alt i verden at have noget med hinanden at gøre. Vi hverken undergraver eller promoverer hinanden og kommer aldrig med upassende kommentarer om hinandens evner. I stedet forsøger vi hver især at værne om den begrænsede kundekreds der opretholder vores eksistens. Langt de fleste i det her samfund er stort set uvidende om os. Men det er faktisk helt fint. Vi har også selv mere end god grund til at ignorere samfundet, skjule os i de mørke sprækker og finde tilfredsstillelse i vores usynlige liv.Ge Fei (Liu Yong) (1964), regnes for en af 80’erne og 90’ernes prominente forfattere inden for den eksperimenterende, kinesiske avantgarde fiktion. Flock of Brown Birds, Usynlighedskappen og den store Jiangnan-trilogi har alle fået en stor læserskare i Kina, og Ge Fei har bl.a. modtaget Lu Xun Litteraturpris i 2014 og Mao Dun-prisen for fiktion i 2015.

Pero Moshe hears a mysterious voice singing from the underground tunnels in the palace of Beijing, and a prophecy says she's the one to answer the call. But when she does and is trapped in the Forbidden City with Dr. Carper, the journey uncovers more than the truth of her past and not-so-missing parents.The Chinese government threatens, a charming boyfriend holds his own secrets, and the Lesaries expect Pero to unlock their sanctuary for a long-awaited freedom. All while eating chicken feet. The problem? Pero doesn't like chicken feet.In a desperate fight to restore Elohim's kingdom, Pero must decide what matters most: saving those she loves, or the ones she's learning to forgive.

This book provides an overview of the rapid development Beijing has seen in a wide range of areas in 2019, both within itself and as an integral part of a larger region, as Chinäs economic development continues to improve in overall quality and regional coordination. A review of Chinäs regional economic development in 2019-2020 is followed by 11 chapters that cover Beijing¿s achievements and challenges in economic development, public services, social governance, building a national cultural center, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regional development coordination, creative city construction and nighttime economic development.This book is a valuable reference for anyone trying to gain a better understanding of the what, how, and why with regard to one of the world¿s fastest growing mega-cities.

Multi-prizewinning and internationally acclaimed Yan Lianke -- 'China's most controversial novelist' (New Yorker) -- returns with a campus novel like no other following a young Buddhist as she journeys through worldly temptationTo tell the truth, religious faith is really just a matter of believing stories. The world is governed by stories, and it is for the sake of stories that everyone lives on this earth.Yahui is a young Buddhist at university. But this is no ordinary university. It is populated by every faith in China: Buddhists, Daoists, Catholics, Protestants and Muslims who jostle alongside one another in the corridors of learning, and whose deities are never far from the classroom.Her days are measured out making elaborate religious papercuts, taking part in highly charged tug-of-war competitions between the faiths and trying to resist the daily temptation to return to secular life and abandon the ascetic ideals that are her calling. Everything seems to dangle by a thread. But when she meets a Daoist student called Mingzheng, an inexorable romance of mythic proportions takes hold of her.In this profoundly otherworldly novel, Chinese master Yan Lianke remakes the campus novel in typically visionary fashion, dropping readers into an allegorical world ostensibly far from our own, but which reflects our own questions and struggles right back at us.** Beautiful edition illustrated throughout with beautiful original papercuts **'One of China's greatest living authors' Guardian'His talent cannot be ignored' New York Times'China's foremost literary satirist' Financial Times

A gorgeous Beijing-set novel of music, secrets and self-discovery For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of her young piano students. With her marriage, she gave up on her own career as a concert pianist, but her husband Bowen has long rebuffed her desire to have a child.Instead, she must accommodate her mother-in-law, newly arrived from the province of Yunnan and bringing with her long-buried family secrets. Soon strange parcels start to show up on the doorstep and Song Yan's dreams become troubling and claustrophobic. Striking out alone through the winter city, she finds herself pulled into the ancient hutongs to confront the source of her unease. In a silent room within a timeless house, can she find the notes she needs to make sense of all the pain and beauty in her life?Praise for Braised Pork:'Startlingly original' Guardian'Intensely atmospheric' LA Review of Books'Otherworldly and deeply moving' BuzzFeed 'Real magic' LitHub'Shimmering' Wall Street Journal'Rich and wild' Observer'Enchanting' Shelf Awareness'Electric' TIME

'The kind of history deserving of a cinematic blockbuster' Julia Lovell, Literary Review'[A] gripping and meticulously researched account of an epic effort to transport delicate scrolls, paintings and carvings thousands of miles under the threat of bombing and invasion' Rana Mitter, Times Literary Supplement'Brilliant and thrilling... A tale of daring and adventure... A desperate race against time' Paul French, South China Morning Post_____The gripping true story of the intrepid curators who saved China's finest art from the ravages of the Sino-Japanese War and World War II.Spring 1933. The silent courtyards and palaces of Peking's Forbidden City are tense with fear and expectation. Japan's aircraft drone overhead; its troops and tanks are only hours away. All-out war between China and Japan is coming, and the curators of the Forbidden City are faced with an impossible question: how will they protect the vast imperial art collections in their charge?The magnificent collections contain a million pieces of art - objects that carry China's deepest and most ancient memories. Among them are irreplaceable artefacts: exquisite paintings on silk, vanishingly rare Ming porcelain and the extraordinary Stone Drums of Qin, which are adorned with 2,500-year-old inscriptions of crucial cultural significance.For sixteen terrifying years, under the quiet leadership of museum director Ma Heng, the curators would go on to transport the imperial art collections thousands of miles across China - up rivers of white water, across mountain ranges and through burning cities. In their search for safety the curators and their fragile, invaluable cargo journeyed through the maelstrom of violence, chaos and starvation that was China's Second World War.Told for the first time in English and playing out across a vast historical canvas, this is the exhilarating story of a small group of men and women who, when faced with war's onslaught on civilisation, chose to resist.'Fascinating... Brookes marries a reporter's grasp of detail with a novelist's narrative flair to bring clarity and readability to a complicated period of China's troubled history' Mail on Sunday

Denne bog er egentlig første gang udgivet som en rejseblog på Internettet. Hermed foreligger den i redigeret bogform. Baggrunden var en rundrejse i Asien fra den 1. september 2009 frem til 1. februar 2010. Rejsen begyndte i Beijing, hvor Frederik Karlsson og undertegnede under navnet "Asian Sensations" første gang satte fødderne på asiatisk jord. To måneder og 9 dage efter drog Frederik tilbage til Danmark, mens jeg fortsatte eventyret. Udover 10 lande i Asien bragte turen mig desuden til Australien og Fiji.