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Emblematic

Nicolas Barker The Comely Frontispiece M. Corbett and R.W. Lightbown (Routledge £11.95) The Duke of Burgundy is in council. To him enters Rouge Sanglier, the specious herald of......

Poor Cnuts

John Scott Broken Images: Essays on Chinese Cul ture and Politics Simon Leys, Trans. Steve Cox (Allison and Busby £6.95) On 4 January the Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) published......