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2011-08-19

The pipa: How a barbarian lute became a national symbol

"In the expression “to play pipa behind the back” (反弹琵琶), moreover, the pipa is brandished in business, economic, and political contexts as quoted in the example above. Its sense is similar to “thinking outside the box,” but with a nationalistic tinge: a sort of “thinking outside the box with Chinese characteristics.”"

http://www.danwei.com/the-pipa-how-a-barbarian-lute-became-a-national-symbol/

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