Cao Naiqian’s terse style may owe something to the writer’s ‘legit’ job – since 1972 he has been a police detective in the Public Security Bureau of Datong City. Set in rural China during the Cultural Revolution, his stories are not routine police tales but offer indelible images of people on the edge, raw yet poetic depictions of violence and despair rooted in the denial of elemental needs for food, sex, and respect.
A List of Music Featured Between our reports for July 3, 2009
On this week’s Tech Podcast, we have an in-depth discussion with Ken Banks of Kiwanja and FrontlineSMS. Ken’s helping folks around the world use cell phones for all sorts of amazing things. Also, updates on Twitter in Iran and Green Dam, Youth Escort software in China. Listen
Afrobeat star Femi Kuti stopped by our studios recently to tell us about his new album, Day by Day. Host Marco Werman asked him three questions about one of the album’s tracks, called “You Better Ask Yourself.” Click here to see the video.
