The invention of the candid camera was closely related to the invention of cinematography, and the creation of the illusion that the camera is not there arose with the emergence of film acting.
Verisimilitude in the arts of cinematography was (...)
On my recent visit to the Indian capital, Delhi, we were driving down a quiet street when I saw groups of Indians, most seeming to belong to a single family, arrange themselves in a queue in front of a small villa. The villa was set in the middle of (...)
Since coming to power on 14 March 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping has worked to realise the “Chinese dream” and particularly the Chinese “economic belt” and new Silk Road. His initiatives have become compass points for China's diplomatic, (...)
Last year, on the eve of his departure to the US to head his country's permanent mission at the UN in New York, I met with Oh Joon in his hometown, the South Korean capital of Seoul. Our conversation took place in the diplomatic club there.
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