{"id":214,"date":"2016-11-30T12:16:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T16:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/?p=214"},"modified":"2016-11-30T12:16:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T16:16:56","slug":"china-in-ten-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/china-in-ten-words\/","title":{"rendered":"China in Ten Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/514IhybjG0L.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/china-in-ten-words\/514ihybjg0l\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/514IhybjG0L.jpg?fit=324%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"324,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"514ihybjg0l\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/514IhybjG0L.jpg?fit=324%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/514IhybjG0L-194x300.jpg?resize=194%2C300\" alt=\"514ihybjg0l\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/514IhybjG0L.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.berthamagazine.com\/frontpage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/514IhybjG0L.jpg?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>Just getting into the book, <em>China in Ten Words<\/em>, by Yu Hua. 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