This week we talked about the growing reach and influenceofChinese soft power around the world, and the advent ofthe e-bike on Beijing streets (Kuo and Osnos both worship at the temple ofthe e-bike, and never resist an opportunity to proselytize).
Such literati painting became emblematic ofChinese culture, and several works in the last gallery attest to Dong's posthumous influenceonthe taste of Qing art patrons.