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The Nineties - not to be confused with its Hong Kong namesake - was produced from late 1989 by Xiao Kaiyu and Sun Wenbo. An editorial statement in # 1 refers to the need for "resistance against traditional refinement." The journal's selection of authors suggests an attitude of national inclusiveness. There appears to be a Sichuan-Harbin connection here that brings to mind other journals such as Against (Fandui) and Razor (Tixudao).
Aside from a straightforward reading of the journal's name as a simple act of situating it in time, The Nineties alludes to Robert Bly's journal called The Eighties (and previously, The Fifties, The Sixties, The Seventies). The editors had planned to continue beyond 2000, when they would be able to rename the journal, but this did not materialize.
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