{"id":694,"date":"2012-02-05T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=694"},"modified":"2012-02-05T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T04:02:00","slug":"a-look-out-xi-chuans-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"A Look Out Xi Chuan’s Window"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As part of its series on “what writers from around the world see from their windows,” the Paris Review Daily<\/em> recently featured Matteo Pericoli’s drawing of the view from Xi Chuan’s studio window<\/a>. The feature also includes a passage from Xi Chuan, which he wrote in English, about his view. It ends:<\/p>\n

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But the whole city of Beijing was a giant construction site in the 1990s and 2000s, and the view couldn\u2019t last. Once I got used to the buildings in the window, I seldom looked out of it. No trees can reach the fifteenth floor, so no birds perch at my window. When I look out, I see cars running on the bridge. Nothing else.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of its series on “what writers from around the world see from their windows,” the Paris Review Daily recently featured Matteo Pericoli’s drawing of the view from Xi Chuan’s studio window. The feature also includes a passage from … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,31,12,7],"tags":[348,349,1654],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-bc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":706,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=706","url_meta":{"origin":694,"position":0},"title":"Tumblr Reblogs of Xi Chuan’s Window","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"February 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple days ago I posted a link to the view from Xi Chuan's studio window as drawn by Matteo Pericoli posted on the Paris Review Daily. 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