ESWN has a link in the recommended readings- Greater China-Chinese section which I found interesting. Long, but interesting. It’s a Southern Weekend article entitled “Using a Lens to Export “China”“, by Li Nan and Zhu Youke, and it comes with a couple of cool photos from the early 80s.

用镜头出口“中国”

Using a Lens to Export China

作者: 李 楠 朱又可 发自广州 2008-09-17 17:34:21

By Li Nan and Zhu Youke, from Guangzhou

2008年9月7日，在广东美术馆多功能厅，刘香成先生与第三届广州三年展策展人、印度裔英国艺术家萨拉·马哈拉吉现场对话。并播映刘香成的“透过图象思考”的中国图片，没有解说，但配了背景音乐，都是各个时期烙印最深的旋律，看后有一种深深的感动。

On September 7, 2008 in the multi-media hall of Guangdong Museum of Art, Mr Liu Heung Shing and curator of the Third Guangzhou Triennial, British artists of Indian descent Sarat Maharaj held a dialogue. Although the broadcast of the photographs of China from Liu Heung Shing’s “Thinking Through Images” had no explanation, but the music matched with the backdrop, was all the most deeply branded melodies of each period, and watching left one very deeply moved.

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