AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoAncient Craft: Fingerprints on China’s 2,200-year-old Terracotta Army suggest women and children may have helped build it, challenging the view that the workforce was all adult men. On Stage: A new Chinese musical adaptation of Jane Eyre, premiered in Shanghai, puts the heroine’s inner life and fight for independence at its center. Child Safety: Six people were sentenced over lead-tainted food at a Gansu kindergarten; its head received life imprisonment after 247 children tested with abnormally high blood-lead levels. Living Heritage: Liaoning clay-figure artist Sun Yu’en is keeping a local craft alive with expressive figures and playful moving works popular with younger audiences. Language: Duolingo has added Shanghainese, its second Chinese dialect, giving learners a new way into the city’s distinctive speech. Buddhist History: A close look at the 868 Diamond Sutra inscription reveals the personal story behind the world’s oldest surviving complete dated printed book: Wang Jie made it for his parents and intended it for distribution.
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