{"id":313,"date":"2011-11-10T10:48:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T02:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=313"},"modified":"2011-11-10T10:48:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T02:48:49","slug":"xi-chuan-in-hongkong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"Xi Chuan in Hongkong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night the International Poetry Nights<\/a> hosted a banquet dinner at the China Club<\/a>, at the top of the old Bank of China building<\/a>. Here’s a picture of me and Xi Chuan, with the new Bank of China Tower<\/a> in the background:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Xi Chuan will be part of the panel discussion “Masters and (M)other Tongues,” moderated by Prof. Leo Ou-fan Lee, this afternoon at 3:30 at Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/a> (Cho Yiu Conference Hall, G\/F Administration Building), and reading tonight at 7:00 at the Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity<\/a> (Multi-Media Theatre, 135 Junction Road, Kowloon) with Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Ling Yu \u96f6\u96e8, and CD Wright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night the International Poetry Nights hosted a banquet dinner at the China Club, at the top of the old Bank of China building. 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