The Woman at The Window

On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 the Chinese-language edition of The New York Times also published the uncut version of Steven Lee Myers’s interview with movie star 范冰冰 (Fàn Bīngbīng) (pictured at the window) — entitled “范冰冰 (Fàn Bīngbīng) talks about last year’s ‘lowest ebb’ and today’s ‘peace’” — which indeed does not add anything particular to the “edited” version, if not for the fact that the uncut one consists of a question and answer type interview conducted by Myers himself, plus two young 北京 (Běijīng) correspondents: 牟静雯 (Zoe Móu) and 付欣怡 (Claire Fù). On the eve of her glorieuse rentrée in Simon Kinberg’s spy thriller movie The 355, 范冰冰 (Fàn Bīngbīng) has no revenge to take and no secrets to tell either, but just a (hopefully not final) thought to share with her audience: “I just said that others can’t help you. Only you can help yourself”. Photo: 丛妍 (Cóng Yán) for The New York Times.