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Daily Archives: August 20, 2015

BBC World: Shanghai showgirl’s story of sequins and censorship

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Josephine

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If the strangeness of opening a burlesque club in China had not occurred to Amelia Kallman and Norman Gosney as a Buddhist cleansing ceremony took place in their future venue, it certainly did when they found themselves submitting Frank Sinatra lyrics to be vetted by the local cultural department.

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Josephine McDermott is an award-nominated BBC documentary maker.

She has presented two critically-acclaimed Archive on 4 programmes for BBC Radio 4, and produces and presents Witness History on the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4.

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