Comments on: Dispatches From Xinjiang: Minor Transnationalisms And A Kazakh Singer On “The Voice Of China” http://beijingcream.com/2013/11/dispatches-from-xinjiang-a-kazakh-singer-on-the-voice-of-china/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jake the Muss! http://beijingcream.com/2013/11/dispatches-from-xinjiang-a-kazakh-singer-on-the-voice-of-china/#comment-235288 Sat, 09 Nov 2013 03:58:39 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19793#comment-235288 Since when does A-mei live in Beijing?

Anyway, here she is leading a bit of a sing along.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TySMCdUKZXQ

Excellent tune that one!

]]> By: bruce http://beijingcream.com/2013/11/dispatches-from-xinjiang-a-kazakh-singer-on-the-voice-of-china/#comment-235212 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:49:53 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19793#comment-235212 Here is a passage from Wang Gang’s “English,” set in Ürümchi during the Cultural Revolution:

“Growing up in a bleak backwater, drinking water from the melted snows of the Tianshan Mountains, you discover that people from Nanking see you as different—your skin is rougher, your accent makes people laugh. And even when you tell them Ürümchi is a city, they still ask, “You ride horses to school, don’t you?”

Seems that mainstream China’s fascination with “exotic” Xinjiang can make for some rather repetitive conversations . . .

]]> By: Jess http://beijingcream.com/2013/11/dispatches-from-xinjiang-a-kazakh-singer-on-the-voice-of-china/#comment-235147 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:37:50 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19793#comment-235147 Are my comments not showing up, or is it just me?

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