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Opinion | As China urges couples to have children, reality TV shows tell a different story

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Opinion | As China urges couples to have children, reality TV shows tell a different story

For weeks, a married friend has been watching a divorce reality show and telling me how much he wanted these couples to break up. One man was too manipulative, another didn’t appreciate his wife’s contributions and one woman was just needy. I still wondered how a married man could wish for others to get divorced. … Read more

From Teresa Teng to Chiung Yao: Taiwan’s lost age of cultural sway over mainland China

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From Teresa Teng to Chiung Yao: Taiwan’s lost age of cultural sway over mainland China

When news broke earlier this month of the death of Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao, mainland fan Nicole Li was flooded with childhood memories of watching TV dramas based on Yao’s work. “I can almost recite the lines and plots of My Fair Princess and Romance in the Rain,” 30-year-old Li said, referring to mainland-Taiwanese co-productions … Read more