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Ruan Lingyu abides... OK, new rules, we’re halfway through and it’s time to make this blog snappier. Today: ·             Cried – twice · ...

“A journey in one’s armchair – a journey of the mind – is the nicest kind of journey, because it’s what we want it to be, because there are ...

“We are country people, they come from the city. They are too extravagant and modern, we mustn’t imitate them.”   “If all peasants in Chin...

“Older people went misty-eyed when they heard Ruan’s name… She represented a time for them when hopes weren’t jaded, when you didn’t h...