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Ma Jian

Ma Jian

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Ma Jian is the author of the novels Beijing Coma, The Noodle-Maker, and The Dark Road. He is currently a visiting fellow at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Berlin.

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    The Master and Mar-a-Lago

    Hugo Drochon

    Richard Wagner’s music has provided the soundtrack to the Nazi regime, Donald Trump’s MAGA rallies, and even Francis Ford Coppola’s anti-war classic Apocalypse Now. As Hugo Drochon observes in a review of Alex Ross's recent book on the composer's legacy suggests, every age seems to get the Wagner it deserves.

     reviews music critic Alex Ross's deep dive into the legacy of nineteenth-century composer Richard Wagner.
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    The Post-Pandemic Playbook

    Calls by US President Joe Biden and others to “build back better” after the COVID-19 catastrophe have attracted widespread support, raising hopes of far-reaching changes in policymaking and business. But which new norms and concrete measures lie beyond leaders’ hortatory appeals, and who should implement them?

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