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Xu Xiaobin

Xu Xiaobin

Xu Xiaobin

Xu Xiaobin, born in 1953 into an intellectual family in Beijing, is a member of the China’s Writers Association. She spent nine years in the countryside and at a factory during the Cultural Revolution until 1978 when she entered the Chinese... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. My motto is: Honesty doesn’t hang on the printed word, nor beauty on powder and paint.
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My life in 8 words: "Free/reserved; beautiful/regretful; loving/lonely; ingenuous/sensitive"
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. My motto is: Honesty doesn’t hang on the printed word, nor beauty on powder and paint. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. I would like to be a Cycas revolute, an earthy and unadorned plant, that can mysteriously “sleep” for a long time, but once awake, becomes full of life again. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Too readily placing trust in something or someone. Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. Pavaroti’s “Tonight No-one Sleeps”; Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”; Whitney Huston’s “I Will Always Love You'; Mariah Carey’s “When You Believe”; The theme song of the Chinese TV series “Dream of the Red Chamber” Q. What do you regret most? A. Not having expressed my love for my father directly to him while he was still alive. Learn more about Xu Xiaobin

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Xu Xiaobin celebrates storied 30-year career
China.org.cn, December 3, 2012
...The "Xu Xiaobin - 30 Years of Work" symposium was held Dec. 1 at the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature. Xu Xiaobin is a famous Chinese female author and screenwriter. She...
Xu Xiaobin celebrates storied 30-year career
China.org.cn, December 3, 2012
...The "Xu Xiaobin - 30 Years of Work" symposium was held Dec. 1 at the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature. Xu Xiaobin is a famous Chinese female author and screenwriter. She...