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The Life of Saint Xi

China’s official Party press has published a series of oral histories about Xi Jinping’s career, from sent-down youth in Shaanxi to Party Secretary of Shanghai....
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Dec 16, 6:30-8pm Asia Society NYC

Shakespeare, Tyranny and China

What do King Lear, Mao Zedong and Donald Trump have in common? How tyrants exercise power was a question of pressing concern for William Shakespeare, and is no less so in our current age. Join us on December 16 at Asia Society in New York to hear literary scholar Nan Z. Da in conversation with Shakespeare expert Stephen Greenblatt, moderated by Orville Schell.