In a chilling evening of early winter in Beijing, I met Liu Xiaoqing, a female painter, in a restaurant famous for its spicy crab. Our talk started with a popular verse line by Chairman Mao, which reads, “In the vast sky the eagles hover, In the clear wa In a chilling evening of early winter in Beijing, I met Liu Xiaoqing, a female painter, in a restaurant famous for its spicy crab. Our talk started with a popular verse line by Chairman Mao, which reads, "In the vast sky the eagles hover, In the clear wa