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The Legend of Pianist Fou Ts'ong 傳聰 (1934-2020)
Any lover of Classical Music, will have a few copies of Fou T’song playing Chopin.
His parents sank in the waves of China’s soaring growth. His father was a famous France- based cultural critic and translator of French literature.
In 1955, Fou T’song was invited to compete in the 5th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warshaw, and won the 3rd place, being the first Chinese musician to win in the event.
After graduating from his piano studies in Poland, Fou did not return to China in 1958. Such an action was amidst a political suicide. During the Cultural Revolution, Fou’s parents were labelled by the Red Guards as rightists. The couple committed suicide by hanging themselves, and their graves were also destroyed later.
The Fou family was redressed when Deng Xiaoping came to power. Fou T’song was finally allowed to play in China.
Being called self-inflated and cynical, Fou responded in an interview by the Chinese media:
“I admit to being cynical, and I will always be cynical. There is nothing wrong about it. Humans should feel this way, to feel so strong about right and wrong. This is our instinct.”
He summed up his outlook on life in a few sentences.
This is Fou T’song.
[Editor's note: Fou T'song was born in 1934 in Shanghai during the Republican era of China. He died of coronavirus on December 28, 2020 in London]
Source: Otfried Lian #Dec29
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3616820108424884&id=100002907902220/
#ChineseHistory #FouTsong #CulturalRevolution #Chopin #Pianist
The Legend of Pianist Fou Ts'ong 傳聰 (1934-2020)
Any lover of Classical Music, will have a few copies of Fou T’song playing Chopin.
His parents sank in the waves of China’s soaring growth. His father was a famous France- based cultural critic and translator of French literature.
In 1955, Fou T’song was invited to compete in the 5th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warshaw, and won the 3rd place, being the first Chinese musician to win in the event.
After graduating from his piano studies in Poland, Fou did not return to China in 1958. Such an action was amidst a political suicide. During the Cultural Revolution, Fou’s parents were labelled by the Red Guards as rightists. The couple committed suicide by hanging themselves, and their graves were also destroyed later.
The Fou family was redressed when Deng Xiaoping came to power. Fou T’song was finally allowed to play in China.
Being called self-inflated and cynical, Fou responded in an interview by the Chinese media:
“I admit to being cynical, and I will always be cynical. There is nothing wrong about it. Humans should feel this way, to feel so strong about right and wrong. This is our instinct.”
He summed up his outlook on life in a few sentences.
This is Fou T’song.
[Editor's note: Fou T'song was born in 1934 in Shanghai during the Republican era of China. He died of coronavirus on December 28, 2020 in London]
Source: Otfried Lian #Dec29
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3616820108424884&id=100002907902220/
#ChineseHistory #FouTsong #CulturalRevolution #Chopin #Pianist
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Turkey, Iran, Pakistan rail link to China's Belt and Road
The governments of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan will revive a transnational rail service linking Istanbul, Tehran and Islamabad (ITI), one of the projects in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
This project was launched in 2009 under the umbrella of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), a 10-member political and economic intergovernmental organization founded in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.
China asked for additional guarantees from Pakistan and refused to give the complete concessional loan Islamabad.
That raises the question of how Pakistan will fund its railway network. Pakistan is expected to look for funding outside the BRI framework since China has no interest to offer financial support. China will lend political support to the ITI railroad because it complements the BRI. However, it still expects Iran, Pakistan and Turkey to bear costs and share risks if they wish to benefit from the trade and investment dividends a successful ITI railroad is expected to yield.
Source: Nikkei Asia #Dec29
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt-and-Road/Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-rail-link-to-China-s-Belt-and-Road?fbclid=IwAR3uYQSSG30opttB_YiTZfu3klyQFgiovRrNuRGHfVHbUcBNRBWiiFRApAg
#BRI #Pakistan #China #ITI #ECO #Turkey
The governments of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan will revive a transnational rail service linking Istanbul, Tehran and Islamabad (ITI), one of the projects in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
This project was launched in 2009 under the umbrella of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), a 10-member political and economic intergovernmental organization founded in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.
China asked for additional guarantees from Pakistan and refused to give the complete concessional loan Islamabad.
That raises the question of how Pakistan will fund its railway network. Pakistan is expected to look for funding outside the BRI framework since China has no interest to offer financial support. China will lend political support to the ITI railroad because it complements the BRI. However, it still expects Iran, Pakistan and Turkey to bear costs and share risks if they wish to benefit from the trade and investment dividends a successful ITI railroad is expected to yield.
Source: Nikkei Asia #Dec29
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt-and-Road/Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-rail-link-to-China-s-Belt-and-Road?fbclid=IwAR3uYQSSG30opttB_YiTZfu3klyQFgiovRrNuRGHfVHbUcBNRBWiiFRApAg
#BRI #Pakistan #China #ITI #ECO #Turkey
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Turkey, Iran, Pakistan rail link to China's Belt and Road
Oriental express service for the 21st century connecting West Asia to China
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#Taiwan Condemns Hong Kong Authorities' Crackdown on #StandNews
On December 29, 2021, Taiwan's three major political parties all issued statements in response to Hong Kong Police's crackdown on Stand News, expressing their concern and condemnation.
Taiwan's ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party (#DPP), expressed "indignation and resentment" at the Hong Kong police's flagrant actions, searching media offices and arresting promoters of freedom and democracy. They consider these acts as strangling Hong Kong's freedom of expression and creating a chilling effect among media and public opinion. The DPP calls on the international community and Taiwan to continue observing Hong Kong's development.
The statement by New Power Party (#NPP) calls the actions by Hong Kong's national security police "disproportional", causing serious damage to the freedom of press, and effectively nullifies the rights laid out in the Basic Law: "Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication; freedom of association, of assembly, of procession and of demonstration; and the right and freedom to form and join trade unions, and to strike."
#Kuomintang, Taiwan's current opposition party, expressed deep concern that the authorities shut down a media company that spoke up for different public opinions and upheld principles of democracy, freedom, and human rights. They called on Chinese authorities to respect the younger generation's view of democratic values and freedom of speech. As Hong Kong had been the revolutionary headquarter of Dr Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of modern China, Hong Kong's democracy and freedom are deeply tied to the pursuit of democracy and freedom on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Source: Citizen News; Liberty Times #Dec29
https://www.facebook.com/366243453719070/posts/1618965958446807/
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3784313
#Media #PoliticalOppression #PressFreedom #Arrest #Regime #PoliceState #PoliticalProsecution
On December 29, 2021, Taiwan's three major political parties all issued statements in response to Hong Kong Police's crackdown on Stand News, expressing their concern and condemnation.
Taiwan's ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party (#DPP), expressed "indignation and resentment" at the Hong Kong police's flagrant actions, searching media offices and arresting promoters of freedom and democracy. They consider these acts as strangling Hong Kong's freedom of expression and creating a chilling effect among media and public opinion. The DPP calls on the international community and Taiwan to continue observing Hong Kong's development.
The statement by New Power Party (#NPP) calls the actions by Hong Kong's national security police "disproportional", causing serious damage to the freedom of press, and effectively nullifies the rights laid out in the Basic Law: "Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication; freedom of association, of assembly, of procession and of demonstration; and the right and freedom to form and join trade unions, and to strike."
#Kuomintang, Taiwan's current opposition party, expressed deep concern that the authorities shut down a media company that spoke up for different public opinions and upheld principles of democracy, freedom, and human rights. They called on Chinese authorities to respect the younger generation's view of democratic values and freedom of speech. As Hong Kong had been the revolutionary headquarter of Dr Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of modern China, Hong Kong's democracy and freedom are deeply tied to the pursuit of democracy and freedom on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Source: Citizen News; Liberty Times #Dec29
https://www.facebook.com/366243453719070/posts/1618965958446807/
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3784313
#Media #PoliticalOppression #PressFreedom #Arrest #Regime #PoliceState #PoliticalProsecution
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