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'''''Foreign Babes in Beijing''''', subtitled '''''Behind the Scenes of a New China''''', is a [[memoir]] published in 2005 by [[Rachel DeWoskin]]. The memoir details the author's personal experiences in [[Beijing]] from 1994 through 1999, during which time she lived in Beijing and watched the city grow and change as China modernized its economy. |
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The book's title is a reference to a soap opera in which DeWoskin appeared, ''Foreign Babes in Beijing'' ({{ ISO 639 | zh }}: 洋妞在北京, ''Yáng niū zài Běijīng''), which features two pairs of Chinese men and American women. One pair features Rachel playing Jiexi, a seductress who lures away her married counterpart, Li Tianming; and the other features a more demure and traditional exchange student who falls in love with, and marries, Li Tianming's younger brother. ''Foreign Babes in Beijing'' was something of a cultural phenomenon in China, with a viewership of 600 million. |
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''Foreign Babes in Beijing'', subtitled ''Behind the Scenes of a New China'', is a novel published in 2005 by [[Rachel DeWoskin]]. Production is also underway on a movie of the same name based on the book, to be directed by [[Alice Wu]]. The novel details the author's personal experiences in [[Beijing]] shortly after the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]] as an actress in a Chinese soap opera. |
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The memoir follows DeWoskin's life as well as her character's plotline, and has an attention to detail and cultural analysis which she inherited from her father, Kenneth DeWoskin, who was a noted [[Sinologist]] at the [[University of Michigan]]. From romantic interactions to [[globalization]], Rachel DeWoskin observes China from an outsider's perspective with candor and humor. |
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== References == |
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* DeWoskin, Rachel (2005). ''Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China.'' New York: [[W. W. Norton & Company]]. {{ISBN|978-0-393-05902-1}} |
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Foreign Babes in Beijing, subtitled Behind the Scenes of a New China, is a memoir published in 2005 by Rachel DeWoskin. The memoir details the author's personal experiences in Beijing from 1994 through 1999, during which time she lived in Beijing and watched the city grow and change as China modernized its economy.
The book's title is a reference to a soap opera in which DeWoskin appeared, Foreign Babes in Beijing (Chinese: 洋妞在北京, Yáng niū zài Běijīng), which features two pairs of Chinese men and American women. One pair features Rachel playing Jiexi, a seductress who lures away her married counterpart, Li Tianming; and the other features a more demure and traditional exchange student who falls in love with, and marries, Li Tianming's younger brother. Foreign Babes in Beijing was something of a cultural phenomenon in China, with a viewership of 600 million.
The memoir follows DeWoskin's life as well as her character's plotline, and has an attention to detail and cultural analysis which she inherited from her father, Kenneth DeWoskin, who was a noted Sinologist at the University of Michigan. From romantic interactions to globalization, Rachel DeWoskin observes China from an outsider's perspective with candor and humor.
References[edit]
- DeWoskin, Rachel (2005). Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-05902-1