Issue 07
Contemporary China Special
From the archive, May 2006: a special on contemporary China — its philosophy, art and literature — plus a conversation with Noam Chomsky, Laura Carlsen on the Zapatistas, the CPE French protests in photographs, and poetry. Cover art by Han Lei.
In this issue
From the Naked Punch archive — our seventh issue, published May 2006. Green marks the contemporary China special.
1
Images of China
Lorenzo Marsili’s prologue — a China caught in a spasmodic vortex.
3 min read
2
Three Studies for the Portrait of an Intellectual
Qalandar Bux Memon’s fragment of a prologue — after Fanon.
5 min read
3
On the Future Prospects of Political Participation
Jacopo Moroni on theory and practice after the Seattle movement.
5 min read
4
An Uprising Against the Inevitable
Laura Carlsen on the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico.
12 min read
5
The CPE French Protests
A photoreportage by Charlotte Gonzalez from the streets of France.
5 min read
6
Selected Poetry
Poems by Qalandar Bux Memon and Frederick Pollack.
6 min read
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From Utopian Negation to Negated Utopia
Shaobo Xie and Fengzhen Wang on the evolution of Chinese consciousness.
15 min read
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Desublimation and Resublimation in Post-Mao China
Jiwei Ci on what might replace the lost Maoist utopia.
14 min read
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On Contemporary Art From China
Lorenzo Marsili meets Beijing-based art critic Karen Smith.
12 min read
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Colour Plates: Contemporary Art from China
A sixteen-page colour spread of contemporary Chinese art.
4 min read
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Cover Art: Han Lei
Colour plates from our cover artist.
3 min read
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Wandering Photographic Poet: Han Lei
Wang Wei Wei on the photography of Han Lei.
8 min read
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Some Thoughts on Kafka and Chuang Tzu
Tully Rector reads Kafka alongside Chuang Tzu.
8 min read
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Insight and Blindspot
Hui Jiang on Walter Benjamin’s storyteller and the Chinese experience.
10 min read
15
Hegemony and Counter-hegemony
A conversation with Noam Chomsky.
16 min read
16
Absent Baby Girls: China's Achilles' Tendon?
Amelie Barras on the consequences of China’s gender imbalance.
10 min read