Wearing a white suit and standing at a prominent spot, the 67-year-old Bei read his lines at the closing ceremony on October 24 for the first time in front of the public since his homecoming, except for some small-scale personal gatherings.<\/p>\n
Having lived overseas for 20 years, Bei moved to Hong Kong in 2007, working as Chair Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
Qilu Xing [\u6b67\u8def\u884c]<\/em>, literally meaning walking in the wrong way, was composed in 2009 in what was his first shot at long poems, before which he only created short poems. However, the writing process was interrupted by a stroke after he finished the 500th line and it remains an unfinished business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe article also covers a brief and cleansed history of Jintian <\/em>\u4eca\u5929 (Today) magazine, Shu Ting \u8212\u5a77, Mang Ke \u8292\u514b, and others. Click the image for the full article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s usually best to avoid The Global Times. 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<\/a><\/center>It’s usually best to avoid The Global Times<\/em><\/a>. Nevertheless, they’ve reported on a recent poetry festival in Xiamen, so…<\/p>\n