On the money or way off the mark: What the critics say about Kubin's comments

Ever since German sinologist Wolfgang Kubin's opinion on contemporary Chinese literature was made known, many Chinese writers and other experts have responded in different ways. Following are a few examples.

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Huge bundles of reed line the southern banks of Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake located in northeastern Hunan Province, every year between January and June to feed the hundreds of paper mills nearby.

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Underground rising

There was an empty beer keg on the stage. Nothing strange for a drab bar near a major university filled with thirsty students, you'd think. Still, the keg was covered in slogan stickers and resting on its rim was a pair of drumsticks. A tattooed, pigtailed young girl was fussing around with a range of instruments including a drum kit and an organ but it was the keg that piqued my interest.

Fully-sick axe man the one to watch

Leader of Car Sick Cars and one half of White, Jeff Zhang, is an anti-rock star. In other words, don't think Mick Jagger. On stage, his unassuming but charismatic manner is the antithesis of cocksure peacock-strutting front men. I'm pretty sure he doesn't own a pirate shirt.

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What men want

Men may dominate politics and business, but in the world of lifestyle magazines, are totally overshadowed by women. The best-selling women's fashion magazine in China rakes in about the same amount of advertising revenue as all the men's titles combined, says one knowledgeable with the market. However, men's magazines have huge potential as the nation gathers wealth and more businesses try to reach men who want their lifestyle to match their rising economic status, examines Ma Xuefen, an analyst with China Book Business Review who has tracked the magazine market for years.

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