{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Our Xi Xi Our City","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/en\/","title":"The Marvels of a Floating City | Our Xi Xi Our City","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"n4da2toILd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/en\/3-texts-by-xixi\/marvel-of-a-floating-city\/\">The Marvels of a Floating City<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/en\/3-texts-by-xixi\/marvel-of-a-floating-city\/embed\/#?secret=n4da2toILd\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Marvels of a Floating City&#8221; &#8212; Our Xi Xi Our City\" data-secret=\"n4da2toILd\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Marvel-of-a-Floating-City-Cover_XiXi.jpg","thumbnail_width":400,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"\u201cMarvels of a Floating City\u201d tells a Hong Kong story through 13 paintings by the Belgian painter Ren\u00e9 Magritte. The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984 and determined the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty in 1997. How should the people living in the city ponder their future? This short piece, completed in April 1986, was a timely response to the critical situation. Influenced by Calvino's concept of \"time zero\", this work of fiction does not focus on narrating a \"complete\" story with a beginning and an end, but focuses on the moment by inviting readers to contemplate the city through 13 surrealist paintings full of contradictions and tensions..."}