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Maoist China in microcosm: Old Kiln, by Jia Pingwa, reviewed

19 July 2025 9:00 am

Smouldering resentment flares to self-destructive violence in a remote village as the Cultural Revolution serves as a pretext for vengeance and exploitation

Katmandu Notebook

23 May 2015 9:00 am

After the first earthquake we were told that the chance of another one was 200 to 1. A fortnight later,…