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This is\u00a0a digital representation of the shifting cityscape in Chu T\u2019ien-hsin\u2019s novella \u201cThe Old Capital\u201d (translated by Howard Goldblatt).<\/p>\n
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“Back then, North Gate had yet to be tyrannized by an overpass, so you could walk past it casually, feeling like one of your ancestors heading out of town a century before.” (Chu 113)<\/p>\n
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“The building was less than four decades older than you, but it gave the impression of being old and decrepit.” (Chu 119)<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Grand Hotel” background_image=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/01\/\u5713\u5c71-\u53f0\u5317\u5e02\u5927\u89c0\u5c40\u90e8-copy-2.jpg” background_position=”default” background_size=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” image=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/01\/IMG_5291.jpg” use_bg_overlay=”on” use_text_overlay=”on” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark” allow_player_pause=”off” text_border_radius=”3″ header_font_select=”default” header_font=”||||” body_font_select=”default” body_font=”||||” custom_button=”off” button_font_select=”default” button_font=”||||” button_use_icon=”default” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on”]<\/p>\n
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“Within the next two or three years, the remaining Japanese Shinto shrines would be cleared away from Maruyama and replaced by the Chinese palace-style Grand Hotel for foreign VIPs.” (Chu 128)<\/p>\n
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