Far and Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change

175 For full text of the ANC’s objections to The Spear, see Jackson Mthembu, “ANC outraged by Brett Murray’s depiction of President Jacob Zuma,” African National Congress, May 17, 2012. Protesters’ vandalization of the painting is described in Alex Perry, “South Africa: Over-exposing the President,” Time, May 23, 2012. The Shembe Church leader’s call to stone Brett Murray to death, and quotes from Steven Friedman, Aubrey Masango, and Jonathan Jansen, come from Karen MacGregor, “A spear to the heart of South Africa,” New York Times, June 5, 2012. For the withdrawal of the classification of the painting as “harmful,” see South African Press Association, “Appeal tribunal declassifies ‘The Spear,’” City Press, October 10, 2012.

176 The withdrawal and reinstatement of Ayanda Mabulu’s painting of Zuma is the subject of “Zuma, Marikana painting pulled from Jo’burg Art Fair,” Mail & Guardian, September 27, 2013; and the quote from Avanda Mabulu (“It’s not the first time I’ve been censored . . .”) comes from Matthew Krouse, “Art Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat,” Mail & Guardian, September 28, 2013.

176 The controversy over South Africa’s choice of curators and exhibitors for the 2015 Venice Biennale is chronicled in Stefanie Jason’s reports, “Venice Biennale: SA Pavilion finally announces artists,” Mail & Guardian, April 16, 2015; and “SA trips as Joburg lands on the steps of the Venice Biennale,” Mail & Guardian, April 30, 2015 (source of the “reputation of butchering foreigners” quote); see also Jeremy Kuper, “Venice Biennale: View from the ground,” Mail & Guardian, May 20, 2015.

Vlady’s Conquests

177 The BBC’s assessment of Vladimir Zhirinovsky appears in British Broadcasting Corporation, “Profiles of Russia’s 2012 presidential election candidates,” BBC News, March 1, 2012; Howard Amos’s characterization comes from Howard Amos, “Russian publisher prints books about Putin under names of western authors,” Guardian, August 11, 2015.

“Don’t Mess with Our Cultural Patrimony!”

203 The renovation and reopening of Taiwan’s National Palace Museum was reported in Keith Bradsher, “Rare glimpses of China’s long-hidden treasures,” New York Times, December 28, 2006. Attendance figures come from “Blackout hits Taipei’s Palace Museum Thursday afternoon,” Want China Times, July 10, 2015. The opening of the Chiayi branch is the subject of “NPM southern branch to open with jadeite cabbage display,” Want China Times, September 18, 2015.

203 The National Palace Museum’s refusal to exhibit sculptures allegedly looted from the Summer Palace is described in British Broadcasting Corporation, “Taiwan rejects ‘looted’ China art,” BBC News, October 7, 2009. The loan by the PRC of Qing dynasty relics and Taiwan’s restrictions on loans to other countries are discussed in Tania Branigan, “Chinese treasures to be reunited in Taiwan,” Guardian, February 19, 2009. For more information on cooperation between the two museums, see Yin Pumin, “Probing ancient mysteries,” Beijing Review, December 7, 2009.

203 Quotes from White Shirt Army founder Liulin Wei come from William Wan, “Taiwan’s ‘white shirt army,’ spurred by Facebook, takes on political parties,” Washington Post, November 11, 2013.

203 The Sunflower movement is described in “ ‘Sunflower’ protesters break on to political scene,” Economist Intelligence Unit, April 2, 2014.

On Each Palette, a Choice of Political Colors

210 I reported on Cai Guo-Qiang’s “Golden Missile” project in Andrew Solomon, “As Asia regroups, art has a new urgency,” New York Times, August 23, 1998.

Enchanting Zambia

227 Recent developments favorable to the Zambian tourism industry are discussed in Matthew Hill, “Yellow fever relaxation by South Africa helps Zambia tourism,” Bloomberg, February 5, 2015.

Phaly Nuon’s Three Steps

229 The horrors of the Khmer Rouge are extensively documented. For a vivid if slightly fictionalized reenactment of the atrocities, I would commend the 1984 film The Killing Fields.

235 The death of Phaly Nuon was announced in Rob Hail, “Madame Nuon Phaly is gone,” Out of the Blog, November 27, 2012; her funeral observance is described in Sophanna Ma, “Funeral of our beloved Mum Phaly Nuon,” Ezra Vogel Special Skills School, December 2012.

235 For in-depth analyses of the impact of human trafficking and forced displacement on the mental health of Cambodians, see Ligia Kiss et al., “Health of men, women, and children in post-trafficking services in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam,” Lancet Global Health 3 (March 2015); and Jayson Richardson et al., “Mental health impacts of forced land evictions on women in Cambodia,” Journal of International Development, September 27, 2014.